None of this is to gloss over the fact that international investing does carry risk of currency fluctuation, questionable accounting practices (which Americans are by no means immune to at home, either) and, for some countries, political instability.

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He added that Visa's practices of not allowing use of rival currency conversion systems at merchant outlets also meant that retailers were denied opportunity to share the revenue arising from such transactions.

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