Ecommerce transactions have boomed over the last year, and with them has been a rise in the number of consumers making cross-border transactions by card. But whether they pay in their home currency or a foreign currency can have a significant impact on how much they spend for the same item.

Our recently published report, Understanding the economics of cross-border card payments, tackles this issue and behind this is our cross-border transactions and card data.

We identified the wide variations in amounts charged by card issuers between countries, but also that a foreign currency can be cheaper in some countries, such as Peru, but more expensive in others, such as Brazil. What costs are specific to any card issuer or country – get in touch.

Get the cross-border card payments report

Cristina Puscas

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Cristina is an Associate Product Manager at FXC Intelligence. She focuses on the key trends driving global payments such as the emergence of mobile money and mobile wallets the increasing use of dynamic pricing. Before joining FXC Intelligence, Cristina worked at a research consultancy. Cristina has a degree in Economics and Business from University College London.