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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby pugboy » November 7th, 2024, 5:36 pm

should forex be treated as a market commodity or a commodity of the ppl like gasoline which is traditionally subsidized as owned by the citizens?

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Postby hover11 » November 7th, 2024, 5:51 pm

How the Syrians was able to buy a us based plant for 327 million USD?

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Postby MaxPower » November 7th, 2024, 6:22 pm

hover11 wrote:How the Syrians was able to buy a us based plant for 327 million USD?


The answer is in the question Jason.

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby trinigamer » November 7th, 2024, 6:36 pm

hover11 wrote:How the Syrians was able to buy a us based plant for 327 million USD?


By securing a loan from a US bank.

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Postby paid_influencer » November 7th, 2024, 6:50 pm

pugboy wrote:should forex be treated as a market commodity or a commodity of the ppl like gasoline which is traditionally subsidized as owned by the citizens?


right now we have a USD subsidy
govt drawing down the HSF
to give ppl cheaper Jack-o-Lanterns in Pricesmart

I agree we should have a subsidy
but directed only to poorer households for food, medicine, etc
it could be a grant or a food card or cdap or similar

but let rich people pay for their own jack-o-lanterns
at real market rates
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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby neilsingh100 » November 7th, 2024, 6:59 pm

trinigamer wrote:
hover11 wrote:How the Syrians was able to buy a us based plant for 327 million USD?


By securing a loan from a US bank.


US$127 million was cash which indirectly would have come from our foreign reserves or through the EXIM bank since ANSA Chemicals is a manufacturer and exporter.

Financing the purchase

The US$327 million acquisition price was funded by approximately 60 per cent debt and 40 per cent cash.

The debt component of the acquisition cost was raised from two loan agreements with an aggregate sum of US$200 million. These comprised a term loan of US$190 million and a sellers’ promissory note of US$10 million. Those agreements were entered into on November 1, 2024, which was the official closing date of the transaction.

Source: https://guardian.co.tt/article/us-acqui ... e5be0ca993

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby pugboy » November 7th, 2024, 7:03 pm

ansa has big operations outside of tt
they both export plus make beer outside

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby paid_influencer » November 7th, 2024, 7:07 pm

asna also get forex direct from cenral bank too not so?

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby pugboy » November 7th, 2024, 7:12 pm

who knows
would also assume if they bringing back usd from outside and want to convert to ttd they may choose who to sell it with to get a better rate and have discussions with central bank


paid_influencer wrote:asna also get forex direct from cenral bank too not so?

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby paid_influencer » November 7th, 2024, 7:22 pm

they dont sell it to themselves (ansa bank) ?

and also get from cenral bank too

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby pugboy » November 7th, 2024, 7:35 pm

most likely


paid_influencer wrote:they dont sell it to themselves (ansa bank) ?

and also get from cenral bank too

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby Dizzy28 » November 7th, 2024, 8:24 pm

neilsingh100 wrote:
trinigamer wrote:
hover11 wrote:How the Syrians was able to buy a us based plant for 327 million USD?


By securing a loan from a US bank.


US$127 million was cash which indirectly would have come from our foreign reserves or through the EXIM bank since ANSA Chemicals is a manufacturer and exporter.

Financing the purchase

The US$327 million acquisition price was funded by approximately 60 per cent debt and 40 per cent cash.

The debt component of the acquisition cost was raised from two loan agreements with an aggregate sum of US$200 million. These comprised a term loan of US$190 million and a sellers’ promissory note of US$10 million. Those agreements were entered into on November 1, 2024, which was the official closing date of the transaction.

Source: https://guardian.co.tt/article/us-acqui ... e5be0ca993
The Exim bank programmes doesn't give cash US$.
Manufacturers have to provide invoices and Exim Bank pays the invoices directly.

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby VexXx Dogg » November 8th, 2024, 10:26 am

Is it just me or are the signal bells ringing for the revision of the negative import list? Or maybe the imposition of higher import duties on certain items?
That might be an easier pill to swallow than immediate devaluation. Or at least pave the way for the government to make it sound more palatable.

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby Dizzy28 » November 8th, 2024, 11:13 am

VexXx Dogg wrote:Is it just me or are the signal bells ringing for the revision of the negative import list? Or maybe the imposition of higher import duties on certain items?
That might be an easier pill to swallow than immediate devaluation. Or at least pave the way for the government to make it sound more palatable.


The continued credit card limit reductions seem the lowest hanging fruit and one with the least impact on general inflation. The settlement of CCs use more than 6 times as much US$ as the new car companies.
With that GORTT can limit demand. If men have maybe US$1000/monthly foreign travel will be severely curtailed and online shopping decreased naturally. OFC small businesses will probably die off.

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby MG Man » November 8th, 2024, 12:38 pm

Dizzy28 wrote:
VexXx Dogg wrote:Is it just me or are the signal bells ringing for the revision of the negative import list? Or maybe the imposition of higher import duties on certain items?
That might be an easier pill to swallow than immediate devaluation. Or at least pave the way for the government to make it sound more palatable.


The continued credit card limit reductions seem the lowest hanging fruit and one with the least impact on general inflation. The settlement of CCs use more than 6 times as much US$ as the new car companies.
With that GORTT can limit demand. If men have maybe US$1000/monthly foreign travel will be severely curtailed and online shopping decreased naturally. OFC small businesses will probably die off.


yup imagine juggling two 5k credit cards to order stuff for your sole trader business and suddenly that cut in half or less

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby hover11 » November 8th, 2024, 12:46 pm

Next up- will soon be $1000, then $300 before finally hitting zero with only approved transactions being allowed.This resembles Venezuala a lot.

Continue voting red.

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby shaneelal » November 8th, 2024, 1:09 pm

RBC slashes forex limit on credit cards by 66%

RBC has announced a 66% reduction in the foreign exchange limits for its personal and business banking credit cards, effective December 1.

According to a notice issued by the bank today, credit cardholders' monthly limits will be reduced from approximately $41,000 (US$6,020) to $14,000 (US$2,058).

“RBC is committed to being the bank for all of you and to providing optimal choices for our clients. Given the ongoing foreign currency supply constraints, we need to regularly review FX limits on our clients’ credit cards, while striving to balance the needs of our clients with the availability of foreign exchange (FX) supplies,” it stated.

“As a result, effective December 1, 2024, FX limits on RBC credit cards will be adjusted as follows: Personal Banking and Business Banking Clients (excluding Private Banking): Credit cardholders monthly limits will be reduced from TTD41,000 to TTD14,000 in FX equivalent to a maximum of the account’s credit limit, whichever is less,” the notice stated.

https://trinidadexpress.com/business/rb ... a0b02.html

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby The_Honourable » November 8th, 2024, 1:43 pm

This also means that persons who have the RBC Caribbean Airlines Visa card are now going to earn less miles. Worse yet, Caribbean Airlines themselves are currently revamping their miles system, essentially you have to spend more to earn more miles.

Well at least no more riff raff in business class

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby zoom rader » November 8th, 2024, 1:45 pm

The_Honourable wrote:This also means that persons who have the RBC Caribbean Airlines Visa card are now going to earn less miles. Worse yet, Caribbean Airlines themselves are currently revamping their miles system, essentially you have to spend more to earn more miles.

Well at least no more riff raff in business class
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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby AlphaMan » November 8th, 2024, 1:58 pm

Waiting for FCB to reduce there forex limit also

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby Dizzy28 » November 8th, 2024, 2:05 pm

AlphaMan wrote:Waiting for FCB to reduce there forex limit also


FCB is my saving grace as my main card.
Going Mia next month and if FCB cuts theirs to anywhere close to 2kUSD I would probably have to start prepaying for stuff.

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby pugboy » November 8th, 2024, 2:09 pm

they might be last since they govt run

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby jsm1985 » November 8th, 2024, 2:22 pm

We’re going to have to start utilizing merchant merchant conversion to TTD while shopping online and at US Retailers. Amazon and many retailers do it, it’s usually around 3% additional on your bill

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby daxt0r » November 8th, 2024, 2:30 pm

jsm1985 wrote:We’re going to have to start utilizing merchant merchant conversion to TTD while shopping online and at US Retailers. Amazon and many retailers do it, it’s usually around 3% additional on your bill


Even these merchant conversions still count to the US limit, at least with RBL cards, unless something has changed.

/*
This change includes all transactions conducted outside of Trinidad and Tobago as well as all international online transactions, including transactions where the chosen billing currency is TTD. These online transactions will be included in the US$10,000 billing cycle limit. These transactions will be included in the US$ calculations and will count towards the US$10,000 spend per billing cycle.
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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby hover11 » November 8th, 2024, 2:32 pm

Close down petrotrin they said, it would be a good idea they said, it was a drain on the economy so they said.

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby pugboy » November 8th, 2024, 2:36 pm

impsbert have egg on he face with that petrotrin admittance

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby hover11 » November 8th, 2024, 2:47 pm

pugboy wrote:impsbert have egg on he face with that petrotrin admittance
Imbert taking the taxpayers' and workers' lives for a joke in this country. Don't know if you can recall, imbert was robbed at his home a few years back and he had half a million dollars made up of US and TTD currency, that man cares about nobody but himself

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby fokhan_96 » November 8th, 2024, 3:51 pm

hover11 wrote:
pugboy wrote:impsbert have egg on he face with that petrotrin admittance
Imbert taking the taxpayers' and workers' lives for a joke in this country. Don't know if you can recall, imbert was robbed at his home a few years back and he had half a million dollars made up of US and TTD currency, that man cares about nobody but himself
So de cashless man have plenty cash...

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby screwbash » November 8th, 2024, 4:23 pm

Trump supporters storm the capital when the presidency was stolen from him in 2020. Your USD being stolen from you. Your freedom being stolen from you.Your money in the bank being stolen from you. Time to follow trump supporters an demand a general elections one way or the other. We looking close to when NAR was in govt with no foreign imports, wage freeze, jobs lost. This might be the last chrisrmas some of you will see apple an grapes in this country. Send a message to kamla an the unc that we do not want them as well. Time to put a panday back in government.

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Re: Foreign Currency Usage Limits on Credit Cards

Postby hover11 » November 8th, 2024, 4:26 pm

screwbash wrote:Trump supporters storm the capital when the presidency was stolen from him in 2020. Your USD being stolen from you. Your freedom being stolen from you.Your money in the bank being stolen from you. Time to follow trump supporters an demand a general elections one way or the other. We looking close to when NAR was in govt with no foreign imports, wage freeze, jobs lost. This might be the last chrisrmas some of you will see apple an grapes in this country. Send a message to kamla an the unc that we do not want them as well. Time to put a panday back in government.
The stage is already set , it just have a few brain dead supporters who believe PNM doing a good job. Economy has gone to shite and continues to worsen. USD is scarce, high price of gas, wage freeze, ridiculous cost of living yet it still have ppl on here saying imbert doing a good job......HOW

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