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Old 03-04-2009, 03:14 PM  
Michael O
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Originally Posted by holograph View Post
didn't know you do local currency exchanges, who would want that? )
When you withdraw money at a ATM the banks put a Pending transactions on your card. When the back settle the transaction usually within 1-3 business days later then the exchange rate can have changed usually this is not a problem but because some currencies fluctuates a lot against the US$ this can result in a large difference between the Pending transaction and actual charge causing the Pending transaction not to drop.

Normally these Pending transactions are dropped within 24-48 hours.
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