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UKbanks were stunned to learn this year that they may have to pay out up to ￡10 billion in compensation to customers who were mendaciously sold Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) in the last few years. Indeed, Lloyds TSB had to report a quarterly loss of ￡3.3 billion for the 6 months leading up to June 2011 when it was Patrice Bergeron a patch jersey revealed that ￡3.2 billion had been put aside to settle future compensation claims. However, the further revelation on 21 September that Consumer Focus, the publically-funded consumer champion, had lodged a complaint with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) about the lack of transparency on credit and debit card charges on foreign exchange transactions is not likely to diminish the fierce scrutiny that has been aimed at the sector since the beginning of the 2009 world recession. With inflation now running above 5 per cent, wages rising by only 2.8 per cent, and taxes remaining resolutely high, consumers need all the information they can get about how to save money. They can start by looking at where they are being charged unnecessarily - on travel money purchases.

Consumer Focus estimates that just short of ￡1 billion is Patrice Bergeron a patch jersey charged on foreign exchange transactions when people buy their travel money in theUK. The majority of charges are incurred when using credit and debit cards to buy currency, with charges averaging ￡3. However, a standard Lloyds TSB or Royal Bank ofScotlanddebit card brings a charge of 2.99% for the privilege of using your card; which would mean that a purchase of 560 Euros, at an exchange rate of 1.12, costing ￡500, would bring an additional charge of ￡14.95. This can be easily avoided by withdrawing the cash from your bank account and Patrice Bergeron a patch jersey paying for your foreign exchange at a Bureau de Change, such as eurochange PLC, where exchange rates are commission free and traditionally very competitive. Indeed, the stubbornly low exchange rates offered by banks to high street customers perhaps account for the statistic that only 15 per cent of holidaymakers buy currency from banks before travelling abroad.