SMART charts

Posted Friday, February 24th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Tracking the pound against key currencies.

Further quantitative easing worth £50 billion – which, in short, dilutes the strength of our currency – announced last week, combined with a hike in unemployment and the threat of a return to negative growth….read more »

A Couple of SMART Things

Posted Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags:

Using Smart Currency Exchange to make all your currency transfers is the first step to making your pounds go further when buying abroad.

SMART people
We talk to Deidre O’Connell from Ireland about her first currency transfer with Smart Currency Exchange.

Tell us….read more »

How we saved money more than 20 times!

Posted Friday, January 27th, 2012 in Articles by Chris Please | Tags: , ,

Well aware that renovation projects are prone to run over budget, when expats Suzy and Jeff Coy bought their rural property in Italy’s Abruzzo region, they were keen to save money wherever possible.

The Coys, who bought their Italian home in….read more »

A French B&B is still the business

Posted Friday, January 6th, 2012 in Articles by Aimee Valaitis | Tags: , ,

Robert and Eileen Stansfield are proof that with a bit of hard work and commitment, you really can still make a living from running a B&B in France, despite gloom-mongers saying the idea is old hat and the market is….read more »

“They offer the kind of service you dream about but these days rarely get in the UK,” is how expat Trevor Spencer described Smart Currency Exchange, after using the company to transfer money to Spain from the UK recently.

Trevor, a….read more »

Completing on their Italian home in time for Christmas is only half the reason Michael and Caroline Di-Lella have such big smiles on their faces – thanks to using currency specialist Smart Currency Exchange to transfer their pounds into euros….read more »

To help you save money and make secure currency transfers when you buy an overseas property, here at Rightmove Overseas we’ve added Smart Currency Exchange, an international payment specialist, to our select group of recommended service providers.

Smart Currency Exchange specialises….read more »

“I saved £4,000 by using a currency specialist”

Posted Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 in Articles by Chris Please | Tags:

Ways to save money when buying a holiday home have been highlighted by two overseas property-owners who have used a currency specialist to transfer their pounds into euros.

Baxter Horton, a solicitor from Market Harborough, saved £4,000 by using Smart Currency….read more »

Daily Currency Note

Posted Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 in Articles by Chris Please | Tags:

EURO/GBP – 1.1470
US$/GBP – 1.5768
CHF/GBP – 1.4178
CAN$/GBP – 1.6132
AUS$/GBP – 1.5532
ZAR/GBP – 12.6345
JPY/GBP – 121.31
HKD/GBP – 12.2671
NZD/GBP – 1.9945
SEK/GBP – 10.5422
AED/GBP – 5.795
US$/EURO – 1.3732

To request an up-to-the minute quotation for currency exchange, call 0808 163 0102 or fill….read more »

Information for Cyprus ex-pats

Posted Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 in Articles by Chris Please | Tags: ,

How you can save money, moving money
By Charles Purdy, Director, Smart Currency Exchange

Many British ex-pats in Cyprus send or receive money to or from the UK and in the process they unintentionally lose money. In some cases, losses can be….read more »