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Old Oct 14, 2023 | 1:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Majuki
The good thing about ATMs is that the prompts are always under the user's control, and we've never heard of a report of forced DCC with an ATM. The 14% rate sounds awful though!
As mentioned above, the first time one sees the message, you might think hitting "decline" would cancel out the entire transaction. No mention of 'paying in own currency' as in the case of buying from a merchant.
Perhaps this is a thing with US-issued cards only ? Because my European bank card (Mastercard) never prompts for DCC when paying or withdrawing cash in a foreign currency- I'm sure this would run afoul of EU consumer protection rules !
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