Currency Woes Hit Expat Pensioners
The majority of expat pensioners are now living off an income which is worth at least 11% less than a decade ago, according to Equiniti Group plc which manages the payment of over 60,000 expat pensioners. Of the 60,000 pensioners the largest group is receiving their pension in the Eurozone, where market uncertainty and the...
Predicting The Foreign Exchange Market
There are numerous options that can help you minimise the impact of adverse exchange rate movements on your funds transfer. Nobody can accurately predict future exchange rates consistently and people should be very wary of dealers who claim they can. While keeping in touch with exchange rate fluctuations is important, most people will be better...
The Currency Challenge
As a globe-trotting expat you have many financial matters to monitor – particularly your taxes. But you must also cope with spending and saving in foreign currencies, writes Iain Yule. The itinerant expat needs to juggle a number of currencies quickly, efficiently and cheaply. So a number of offshore banks have...
Fees on Currency Transfer?
I transfer money from the UK to Thailand so I had a look at your transfer service. The rate looks good but I am not sure what it means by ‘zero to low fees’. Could you let me know what fees apply or if the rate on the calculator is exactly what ends up in my...