Goodbye MBNA, Hello Providian
James Gilden writes for the travel section of this Sunday's Los Angeles Times on the costs of currency conversion when using credit cards to pay overseas.
Last month, MBNA announced in a mailing to its cardholders that it would begin charging a 3% "cross-border transaction" fee. So for my foreign travels, it is goodbye, MBNA, and hello, Providian, which does not charge the added fee.
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