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I want to buy something from the USA and I assume my bank will charge me to do this (money grabbing theives!!!). I've been in their website and I can't seem to find anything on their aditional charges, so does anyone know how much HSBC will charge me for buying from the USA with my standard current account??
As far as I am aware, they don't charge anything. I bought some stuff from Amazon.com before Christmas, used my regular account and card, and didn't get charged any extra. Obviously you are not going to get the best currency exchange rate though.
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I am in Canada, and from what I head from the banks, no bank has online debit cards here. But last I checked hsbc usa has them. So can I get one from their canadian branch which don't have one? I checked their website for what they offer.
Also which popular banks offer online debit cards? I can't seem to find this kind of thing very popular.
Thanks!
You may want to check with the banks themselves in Canada... Is there any reason why you don't want a creditcard that you could use online?
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The new software is not designed to replace customers’ antivirus or firewall packages, but to act in conjunction with them and protect the customer’s browser against financial malware attacks and fraudulent phishing websites.
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