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A few issues here:
1. Merchants do not pay a minimum of 2.9%; on "verified" transactions (address, zipcode, and card security code), my small business can pay as little as 1.4% and we might do better with a different processor (at least that's what all the competitors are telling me while trying to pitch their services).
2. Part of the 3% bank charge goes to cover bank's fraud losses, which are naturally higher for overseas transactions. Fraudulent transactions are so prevalent from some countries (Italy, Russia) that banks will automatically flag ANY transaction as fraudulent unless you notify them in advance.
3. Are you sure that Capital One is providing a competive rate for the currency conversion and not making up the 3% transaction fee in a less beneficial conversion rate?
In the good old days, I used to travel with a book of Traveler's Checks; I believe that the combination of fees to convert these to local cash was much worse than 3%.
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Posts in this Thread:
- credit card foreign transaction fees, yaofeng, Wed, 5 Aug 2009 05:51:44
- Re: credit card foreign transaction fees, Mark 88t cvt, Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:33:32
- What's not clear is how much of the fee is, Noel, Thu, 6 Aug 2009 05:48:57
- TD Bank, steve, Wed, 5 Aug 2009 23:50:30
- Re: credit card foreign transaction fees, OhSaabIAOh, Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:32:53
- Re: credit card foreign transaction fees, simul8guy, Wed, 5 Aug 2009 16:25:04
- Yes, close to all major credit cards do that....., TKC, Wed, 5 Aug 2009 07:30:17
- Re: credit card foreign transaction fees, Craig, Wed, 5 Aug 2009 07:15:53
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