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Old Jun 6, 2014 | 7:17 am
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Originally Posted by zyxlsy
I understand they use different rates. But I am curious to know whether it's possible that, at one time, say, Visa rate is better than MC rate, and several days later, Visa rate fluctuates to a position worse than MC rate?
This is very much possible. I find my forex free MC and Amex compete against each other for the best rate when I use my GBP cards in the US. Amex use the rate of the transaction time though I think, whereas MasterCard and Visa use the settlement date.
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