I couldn't find anything that really answered my question anywhere else, so excuse me if it's already been posted somewhere.

My boyfriend (English), lives in France, works in Switzerland but wants to move to Australia with me. Until he finds a job over there, he'll probably need a credit card to get him by and just for general emergencies.
He obviously won't be able to apply for a credit card in Australia until he gets an income, so I'm guessing his best bet would be to apply for a Swiss credit card for the time being. We're both Kantonal bank account holders, and I have a BKB visa card of which the entire balance gets drawn from my swiss savings account the next month, I find this odd, and a bit of a nuisance, but it was the only option with the BKB and it's probably not going to help him much. Does anyone have a suggestion for any other bank that he might be able to apply to with good exchange rates/charges? Or would he be better off applying for a french or UK credit card?

Thanks in advance for any help.