Getting ahead in the multi- currency game

WITH the emergence of the multi-currency e-wallet, travelling no longer involves stashing foreign cash in your suitcase. The low exchange fees that new players dangle have also hooked hoards of users tired of being blindsided by an exorbitant conversion fee when the credit card bill arrives.

This Saturday, Brunch in The Business Times Weekend looks at whether the cost savings really trump regular credit cards, and if innovative new players pose a threat to the financial giants in the payments sector.

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