Its international but does appear in Singapore - the Transferwise card is eye catching but the fluro-green is a bit... frugly?

The FX charges on conventional credit cards are a real rip off - they can get to as much as 3% these days (!) As there is no regulation in Singapore to show FX charges seperately, it is hard to get any competition going to push down charges until the MCC cards come along.

What is your posting duration? I was in TH for a period of time and managed to get credit cards from a couple of banks no problems. For any extended posting that is your best bet. Do note that even if the local cards are somewhat weaker in benefits - it is much better than if you are using an SG based card where any benefit gained will be eclipsed by the FX fees charged (~ 2-3%) unless you use something like Revolut/YouTrip (which don't have benefits....)

The vendors likely to be abrogating their contracts with the card associations. Breach of contract is a civil action not criminal one - so depends if you consider that to be "illegal" or not ....

What does it mean to "get rid" of it? Why do you want to get rid of it? Is it cursed? Do ringwraiths come and get you if you keep it? You can throw away the policy docs (in a volcano) if that is the case... but back to reality the above doesn't make financial sense - as Pang Zhe Liang said; surrendering is the only way to get the cash value ... (selling to third party I don't think works for ILPs)

Are they still alive? I recall they had a trading halt in early Dec last year pending announcement of results of MAS investigation. 5k into films sounds really risky.

Another option depending on timing - for Revolut; the limit is on rolling 30 days basis; you can change an amount now and provided the next billing after your op is 30 days later you should be able to squeeze in the 10k total within the limits.

It's free so if you have time it doesn't hurt to poke around. Agree with other poster, 15 minutes is an impossible promise for a thorough job, but at least you learn steps and thought process involved.

OP: how did it go? Did you switch, any happy outcome to share.

This does sound a bit concerning doesn't it!!!! My totally "just guessing" conjecture is that they are having some issues with MAS and rather than digging a deeper hole; they have stopped signup/deposits for a while to sort out mess (this is just a guess based on the information Nov 28th). Money should be safe if there isn't gross fraud (if there was MAS/the cops would have rolled in by now) but might be a while before they get back to compliance and normal ops