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Currency cards are now starting to make serious inroads into more conventional forms of travel money.

After last week’s article in the Evening Standard which confirmed that FairFX.com took on nearly 60 per cent more card customers in January month than December, ThisIsMoney, the online publication from the Daily Mail have highlighted that currency cards do not carry a foreign currency exchange rate fee, an extra levy of approximately 2.75% compared with the average credit or debit card.

The ThisISMoney article goes on to say that debt and credit cards may also have a similar till charge when paying in shops and restaurants, but there is no such charge with a currency exchange card.

Click here to read the article in full.

Monday 02 March 2009, 12:29pm

Tags: currency card, currency cards, dollar, euro, euro rate, euros, exchange rates, opodo, press mentions, sterling

The London Evening Standard today reported that tens of thousands of consumers are buying dollars and euros on currency cards to avoid high airport rates.

The article confirmed that FairFX.com took on nearly 60 per cent more card customers last month than December.

In it, the FairFX chief executive Stephen Heath said: "The consumer mindset has shifted towards 'every penny counts' as people try to offset the rising cost of living by planning ahead."

Click here to read the article in full.

Wednesday 25 February 2009, 11:51am

Tags: currency card, currency cards, currency exchange, dollar rates, euro, euro rate, exchange rates, opodo, press mentions

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