Spending $ in ABA

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Spending $ in ABA

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Going on a worldwide tour .My $ is in ABA . Is there a card I can get that will let me withdraw in various countries - without getting ripped off by ABA exchange rate and visa withdrawal fees ?
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My understanding is that you'll always get hit with their "foreign usage" fee on top of the exchange rate, with all their cards.
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I’m getting a bit full of ABA.
Does anyone have a better recommendation for a general bank to keep your money in .
and keeps it “ in “ there for a minor survivor ?
I like ABA and can pretty much use them for whatever they are good for free
besides they charge you for everything And yearly some charges and tax
and ATM service fee in the long run
No wonder they are so well off. But - about Easy and convenient
ATMs every where 4 of them in a cube at angkor wat
and can pay the dollars anywhere without have ing to deal with all the 100s ,
and now 200 reil notes . I only use the free service withdrawals from ABA
I withdraw at an other bank and deposit free to ABA. Now I want to switch banks .
But I thank god about using american money 💵 , because I got alot of it .
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International monetary exchange is a very lucrative business. For some reason, money can't just go from point A to point B. It has to go through points C,D,E and F along the way, with each stop off point wanting to cream their slice off the top.

It's one of the main reasons cryptocurrencies were created, so that money really could just leave your wallet and go directly into someone else's without any middlemen. Lots of people do use it for this, but unless you know what you're doing with crypto, which most people don't, the good old SWIFT style systems are as 'popular' as ever.
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