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Old Mar 28, 2015 | 2:20 pm
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Originally Posted by AllieKat
It seems that to do that would be in violation of antitrust regulations. Remember, DCC doesn't exist because Visa and Mastercard want it. DCC exists because "consumer" (i.e. merchant) advocacy groups demand it.
Haha. To be honest, I doubt its intentional, Lloyds don't put the currency code or even the language on their Amex cards as well as their MasterCards. I know this because when I go abroad, the terminal often asks me the language, whereas with other Amex cards the transaction just shows up in English.

I don't know if it would legally questionable for banks for consumers to be able to opt out of DCC though.
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