← Back to context Comment by malfist 5 hours ago Wait, why does your debit card involve forex fees and spreads? 2 comments malfist Reply pjc50 5 hours ago Somebody's got to do the currency conversion. If you let the merchant do it, it's usually even worse.(Implicit is the OP buying a bunch of stuff in a currency which is not the one they earn it; probably only one of those is dollars) neonstatic 4 hours ago With Wise it does not, but with my legacy bank it does, because the base currency is one of the non-euro European ones.
pjc50 5 hours ago Somebody's got to do the currency conversion. If you let the merchant do it, it's usually even worse.(Implicit is the OP buying a bunch of stuff in a currency which is not the one they earn it; probably only one of those is dollars)
neonstatic 4 hours ago With Wise it does not, but with my legacy bank it does, because the base currency is one of the non-euro European ones.
Somebody's got to do the currency conversion. If you let the merchant do it, it's usually even worse.
(Implicit is the OP buying a bunch of stuff in a currency which is not the one they earn it; probably only one of those is dollars)
With Wise it does not, but with my legacy bank it does, because the base currency is one of the non-euro European ones.