Originally Posted by
tanja
You are talking about cash and not on cards.?
Cash, always. Generally not cards, if you mean credit/debit cards with the bearer's name on them; but it may depend on the country.
It's always cash for countries that have (whether coerced or not) bought into the OECD FATF's "recommendations"; and often its some other kind of financial instruments too. While some kind of cards have come on the radar for customs and other anti-money-laundering authorities, not commonly an issue like cash is.