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Old May 4, 2008 | 5:37 am
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Originally Posted by SJCFlyerLG
I heard that Citi is now charging 3% FX fee on all exchanges processed in a foreign country, even if the transaction is in dollars. This would apply in BVI, where the legal currency is US dollars. Others have reported that they get conflicting answers from Citi customer service. Does anyone have a definitive answer?
Originally Posted by Viajero Perpetuo
That link seems to be talking about the "Citibank Banking Card". I believe these are the cards attached to bank accounts offered by CitiBank (when you open one of those bank accounts, they issue you a debit-type card you can use to withdraw money from the account through an ATM).

My CitiCard credit cards (AA miles-earning MasterCard and VISA) T&Cs still talk about charges only when converting transactions into US dollars from a "foreign" currency. I have not been charged any extra fee for dollar-denominated credit card (purchase) transactions using those cards outside the US.

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