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Barclays Currency Charges

saloio · 2010-07-14 14:27:16

I recently bought two lots of foreign currency from my local Post Office and paid using my Connect card. When I got my bank statement £4.50 had been added to each transaction. When I rang Barclays they said that this was their fee because I had bought foreign currency. I pointed out that the currency was bought from a…

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peterbaker Posts: 3,083 Forumite

17 July 2010 at 2:18PM edited 17 July 2010 at 6:30PM

I am not missing the point. I am saying that labouring the point is pointless and does no good ... the point is daft.

Yes, I forget where I picked up the information but I understand that the supermarkets get paid by the banks for cashback. Edit: Here is a slightly different take on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_card_cashback

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