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Dynamic Currency Conversion

Also called DCC

What crypto means by it

When a terminal abroad offers to charge you in your home currency instead of the local one. It sounds helpful and it is almost always the worse rate, because the merchant's provider sets it and keeps the margin.

What you already know this as

Identical, and just as costly. The rule of thumb is unchanged: always choose the local currency.

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