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Review your credit card fee policies before traveling outside the U.S. to avoid surprise costs. If needed, apply for a credit card without travel-related surcharges and fees. To avoid high conversion ...

Proponents of DCC point out that people are more comfortable using their home currency because it eliminates the uncertainty ...

Two payment processors are striking deals with property management system providers to offer "dynamic currency conversion" through client hotels. Planet Payment and Fexco claim the process of ...

Irish-based Monex Financial Systems Ltd. is looking for American ISOs interested in profiting from card transactions made here by visitors from abroad. Monex, a company established 15 years ago, ...

Apart from card payments at retail outlets, the DCC prompt can also appear when withdrawing cash from ATMs abroad. (FinPal) You are buying your favourite Manga comics at a store in Tokyo. The bill for ...

First Data Corp. and Fexco Merchant Services, an Irish-based transaction processor, have expanded First Data's GlobalChoice dynamic currency conversion into Canada. GlobalChoice is operating in more ...

Dynamic currency conversion allows consumers to choose to use their home currency when transacting with retailers, restaurants and other services in foreign countries. Customers view a bill showing ...

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What Is Dynamic Currency Conversion? Dynamic currency conversion (DCC), and sometimes referred to as cardholder preferred currency (CPC), allows customers to pay for a product or service in a foreign ...