Apple has switched to Naira on its App Store as promised which was hitherto charged in dollar. A $13.5 app that bank would have charged me over 5k after dollar exchange abracadabra now goes for N2,900! Here is the issue, the GTBank MasterCard that I have been using without any problem before this change now failed to work. I'm now beginning to imagine the level of fraud going on in our banks. Is this failure due to the type of card, bank or both?

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Visa and MasterCard alone.

All Nigerian Banks have disabled Direct Currency Conversion(DCC). That means International Merchants cannot bill Nigerians in Naira.

Apple should give you the option to pay in USD.

abhosts:
All Nigerian Banks have disabled Direct Currency Conversion(DCC). That means International Merchants cannot bill Nigerians in Naira.

Apple should give you the option to pay in USD.

I know what to do if I'm desirous of getting the app. Changing the store would definitely solve the problem. Btw, that's crazy no wonder our Naira is paper weight in exchange market.

ziccoit:
Apple has switched to Naira on its App Store as promised which was hitherto charged in dollar. A $13.5 app that bank would have charged me over 5k after dollar exchange abracadabra now goes for N2,900! Here is the issue, the GTBank MasterCard that I have been using without any problem before this change now failed to work. I'm now beginning to imagine the level of fraud going on in our banks. Is this failure due to the type of card, bank or both?

this issue here is that the banks are not accepting the official exchange rate from the stores. there Is discrepancies with the exchange rates bacause the stores are using official central bank exchange rate while banks are using their own black market rate so there will be declined in the transaction. this will continue to happen if apple don't revert back to.their dollar payment instead of using naira exchange on their site. same goes for facebook, amazon, google play store as they are also having same issue due to this introduction of naira exchange rate which is causing dcc issue