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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Beware of currency conversion fees By Claes Bell, CFA • Bankrate.com

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/beware-of-currency-conversion-fees.aspx

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Rick Steves’ Europe: Card Fees (and How to Avoid Them) http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/02/rick-steves-europe-card-fees-and-how-to.html

By Rick Steves https://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/money/card-fees Retrieved February 6, 2015 https://www.ricksteves.com/ … Capital One has a particularly good reputation for no-fee international transactions on both its credit cards and its debit cards linked to a checking account. Most credit unions have low-to-no international transaction fees. Bankrate has a good comparison chart of major credit cards and their currency-conversion fees….

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Beware of currency conversion fees By Claes Bell, CFA • Bankrate.com

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/beware-of-currency-conversion-fees.aspx

Credit Cards » Beware Of Currency Conversion Fees

If you do a lot of international traveling, you've probably been stung by an unpleasant surprise lurking at the bottom of your bank statement or credit card bill: a currency conversion fee. While the CARD Act has done plenty to reduce sometimes exorbitant credit card fees, it left currency conversion fees untouched, ensuring travelers will have at least one unpleasant vacation memory.

[…]http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/beware-of-currency-conversion-fees.aspx

Consult this chart to see the fees charged by the largest U.S. credit card issuers. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/beware-of-currency-conversion-fees.aspx

Capital One

ATM withdrawal: None for online accounts, $1.50 for some accounts opened in bank branches

Credit card purchase: None

Debit card purchase: None

Credit card cash advance: None

Fees charged even if transaction is in U.S. dollars?: No

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

North Carolinians complain about this credit-card company the most - Dawn Kurry Charlotte Business Journal Morning Edition

Charlotte Business Journal Morning Edition

Jan 15, 2014 Dawn Kurry, Triangle Business Journal

North Carolinians complain about this credit-card company the most

Are you complaining about what’s in your wallet? Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF) is the most complained-about credit-card company among North Carolinians, according to a report released Tuesday by the N.C. Public Interest Research Group's Education Fund.

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

40 Years In The Desert: CFPB Draws First Blood (From a Vampire Squid)

CFPB Draws First Blood

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 09:05 PM PDT http://40yrs.blogspot.com/2012/07/cfpb-draws-first-blood.html

They just fined Capital One $210 million for misleading consumers on credit protection and protection monitoring programs:

Capital One Financial agreed to pay $210 million to resolve charges by banking regulators that its call-center representatives misled consumers into paying for extra credit card products.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/18/us-capitalone-cfpb-idUSBRE86H0SJ20120718

40 Years In The Desert: CFPB Draws First Blood (From a Vampire Squid)
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