Canadians can pay as much as 2.5 % in
currency conversion fees which are hidden in what is known as «the spread».
Not exact matches
Plus, using a credit card that doesn't have a foreign transaction
fee is usually cheaper than using the
currency conversion services at retail stores, banks, and airports,
which tend to charge high
fees and could be inconsistent in their
currency calculations.
Plus, using a credit card that doesn't have a foreign transaction
fee is usually cheaper than using the
currency conversion services at retail stores, banks, and airports,
which tend to charge high
fees and could be inconsistent in their
currency calculations.
This chicken - and - egg scenario in
which bitcoin co-exists with existing (and more commonly accepted) fiat
currencies means that
currency conversions must still occur at each end of the transmission,
which then requires intermediaries in the form of bitcoin exchanges and the
fees they will necessarily levy.