To make the most of your trip – for business or pleasure – follow these three steps to safely and successfully use credit cards abroad.
Entries Tagged as 'foreign transaction fees'
3 Steps to Safely and Successfully Use Credit Cards Abroad
July 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Credit Cards
Tags: APR·ATM·cash advances·Credit Cards·foreign transaction fees·international travel·magnetic strip technology·microprocessor chip technology·Passport·travel rewards·trip insurance
Credit Card Companies Backing Off on Fees
January 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Banking, Credit Cards
Irritated at being charged Foreign Transaction Fees? How about late fees of $30 on credit card balances less than $100? It seems that this type of fee might be going away. After the passage of the Credit Card Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 passed, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth in the [...]
Tags: american express·Citibank·credit card fees·Credit Card Responsibility and Disclosure Act·Credit Cards·foreign transaction fees·late fees·MSN Money·Wall Street Journal
Credit Cards That Do NOT Charge Foreign Transaction Fees
March 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Banking, Credit Cards
The blog post we did last summer entitled “Beware of Credit Card Foreign Transaction Fee Fever” has generated quite a bit of reader commentary, with many of you sharing negative experiences associated with this topic. The bad news is, it doesn’t seem that these fees are going to go away any time soon. The CARD act, which placed limitations [...]
Tags: Capital One·CARD Act·credit card fees·Credit Cards·currency conversion fees·foreign credit card purchases·foreign transaction fees
Beware of Credit Card Foreign Transaction Fee Fever
June 10th, 2009 · 31 Comments · Credit Cards
If it sounds like a new strain of flu that you need to avoid, you are right on target! For years, most banks have charged consumers a fee for using their credit cards overseas if the purchases were made in a foreign currency. These fees were almost exclusively associated with an actual trip that (yours [...]
Tags: Credit Cards·currency conversion fees·foreign transaction fees·online purchases·overseas purchases
