It's not so easy these days, because as you have mentioned the bitcoin debit card issuer WaveCrest were forced to stop it's business because of violating VISA's rules. That made XAPO and the others to stop the card business and now we're waiting for them to find another card issuer company. If you had a XAPO card, I presume you were verified at XAPO, so why not just send out EUR from XAPO to your bank account? (If you didn't have XAPO card, then it's not an option, but you can search for it if XAPO allows EUR withdrawal to Europe or not, if yes, you can open an account).
You can also check localbitcoins as well, you can find buyers who will use bank transfer to buy bitcoin, but take extra care because of the scammers
Not easy? How it's difficult? The Bitcoin prepaid cards are not the only solution, and there are better solutions than a card.
You are surely not a European citizen otherwise you would not say such thing.
@abioganga can easily join Kraken, sell his coins and request a SEPA transfer. If he requests the SEPA before 11.00 am his bank account will be credited the same day before 07.00 pm. Can't really make it faster and easier. I take Kraken as an example but it's the same with the majority having SEPA.
I've only started with the debit cards because OP has started with them and was referring to the discontinued card programs.
After I've mentioned the EUR withdrawal from XAPO as a possible solution. I was not mentioning SEPA becasue in the EU that's the default type of wire transfer if you're sending EUR inside the EU.
Of course it's not only XAPO that can provide SEPA transfers in the EU but most of the biggest exchanges also. I've also read somewhere that Kraken has managed to upgrade it's system in the middle of January this year because before it was everything but reliable...
Using a prepaid card is easier if you don't want to wire the amount directly to your bank account because of any reason. (and there are some banks who don't credit the amount to the person's account but they're sending it back if it's from a known bitcoin exchange, so it's better to read and search first if there are issues with the bank or not, usually the country's local board in the forum can help in this kind of questions) Unfortunately, debit card is not an option now, so the solution is the exchange and the bank trasfer.
