Online money exchange: good or bad

Online exchange market is a financial market which deals with trade of currencies. It helps in converting one currency to another. Basically you can buy a product of a particular currency and pay for it in another currency. It increases trade and liquidity.

A currency converter is used and with its help currency of a particular country can be converted into another currency using the current currency conversion rates. For example dollar can be converted into euro. But it might not always be as good as it sounds. It might so happen that you may be charged for a foreign currency which can be much more expensive than local currency while making payment through overseas credit card. Some retailers charge you around 5% for currency conversion whereas many credit card issuers charge a mere 2.5%. Some credit cards may levy no charge at all.

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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 Financial News

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