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The latest insights, views and industry developments from Prime Cap focusing on private client foreign exchange, corporate transaction services and international payment strategy.
Getting married overseas? How to: pay for it.
Our client is an executive at one of the worlds top accountancy firms. He and his fiance plan on marrying abroad. Since March of 2014...
Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
This week's post is all about getting more for your money - a sentiment perfectly encapsulated in the three examples we are about to...
Prime Cap Insight: How we work with a Wealth Manager...
Disposal of foreign currency denominated assets and repatriation of a foreign currency lump sum so as to make use of wrappers and...
Renting out your UK property and sending the income abroad.
A recent enquirer with Prime Cap was keen to understand how our services might improve the rate of exchange and refine ease of execution...
Selling a house in rural France.
This week's post talks you through currency related things to consider once you've accepted an offer on your french property. Our client...
Winter Wonderland: How we work with overseas property agents.
Prime Cap is not in the business of advising on the where(s) and when(s) of buying a property abroad. Cliche abounds when it comes to the...
How to: send multiple payments, cheaply.
There are all manner of elaborate ways for big businesses to inject stunningly convoluted mechanisms for multiple payments associated...
A simple guide to buying a property in France and how currency comes in to it.
Between 1995 and 2010 there was a distinct boom in the number of families buying houses in France. Subsequent changes in French...
Safety in numbers: 5 reasons an accountant should align themselves with a currency broker...
1. Advances in online facilities mean that you can now login to work with a nominated currency broker across a number of different...
CONTRACTS | What is a 'Same Day' contract, who uses it and why?
In earlier posts within our Library we talk about 'Forward' and "spot' contracts. The reason this is going to be a slightly briefer post...
3 things to do when 'markets' are volatile.
Whilst volatility is an analytical term based on deviation and statistics (for the most part), when it comes to rates of exchange and...
"No Deal" | What are your options? Your 4 point plan.
In the lead up to the UK's exit from the EU we will find sterling on a hair trigger. The ability to second guess which way a currency's...
4 reasons why you should pay your mortgage through an FX broker.
Unsure why, other than surmising that people don’t really understand the breadth of work the deliverable FX sector is capable of...
What does it mean to be an 'independent' currency broker? Does it even matter?
The concept of an 'independent' broker is one we have coined ourselves. It is not a term in common parlance within the currency exchange...
Private Schooling | fees in a foreign currency? Is your process costing you more than it needs to?
Always looking for pertinent ways to illustrate the uses of a currency broker, we note that payments considered arbitrary or every-day...
What is a safe-haven (currency)?
‘Flight to safety’ and natty little phrases like it are bandied around frequently as a useful way of deflecting a question and as a means...
What do you need to know before using a forward contract.
In recent weeks we have seen the pound rock against EUR from a low 1.10 in September to a welcome but pretty lack lustre high of 1.1450...
Priceless: Ways to pay for your gems and jewels.
One of our distinguished private clients shared with us an interesting experience t'other day. He lives in UAE (Abu Dhabi to be precise)....
Interior Designers buying from abroad.
In our work as a financial services supplier to businesses and corporate clients we have achieved notable penetration in the interior...
Topping up the overseas account? Make it as easy as possible.
A huge number of people use their bank to send an international payment. Whilst this is totally unsurprising, we'd like to give you some...
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