Originally Posted by Majuki

I was under the impression that the acquirer takes care of the currency exchange and not the merchant. I assume the merchant would get paid in local currency from the POS bank, and the bank would perform the currency exchange, splitting the profits from DCC with the merchant based on the profit sharing agreement, if any. In fact, this is probably exactly how merchants get tricked into allowing DCC at their establishments, and we've seen this in a number of the brochures made for merchants. This goes back to my winners and losers of DCC post.