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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.
Working with a foreign buyer? Our involvement from start to finish.
What follows is a simple 'day in the life' of an estate or search agent who has a friendly and responsive currency broker on speed dial....
How to deal with foreign currency cheques.
For the second time in as many months a private client has asked us how best to deal with a foreign currency cheque. Typically a payment...
Prime Cap vs. online transfer services: How we compete
Many of the world's largest and most recognisable consumer service brands would describe themselves, in conversation if not on...
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...
Forex Basics: How to send money online.
There are a number of online platforms out there which allow individuals and companies to carry out currency conversions and to send...
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...
Prime Cap Insight: The method we rely on.
At the time of writing Bitcoin hangs above $11,500 and everyone is asking whether it is a fad or the future? As brokers 'extraordinary'...
Do you manage rental properties? One way to improve your bottom line...
Working in residential property...what reaction would you expect were you to inform your international or non-dom landlords that your 2%...
Lights, Camera, (Trans)Action.
Whether it is something as simple as buying equipment from abroad, paying your stars in the currency of their choice, collecting...
Living in Dubai? How to repatriate your earnings.
A physical oil trader based in Dubai who, despite knowing many things about many things, was at a loss as to how to easily, quickly and...
What is the difference between 'dealing by phone' & 'transacting online'?
Some clients see the differences between these two methods of broker engagement as being like analogue vs. digital, old vs. new,...
Paid monthly in a foreign currency? The advantages of a broker...
Our client works for a company located in East Africa. He retains a residential address in the UK and yet his family split their time...
Renting in Switzerland: What are the FX concerns?
Preliminary research will inform you that in order to buy property, whether residential, investment or commercial, you must have a...
What is your Q4 strategy? 4 things you should be thinking about.
Europe tends to take a holiday during August and it takes the work force about four weeks to get back into their groove once it is over. ...
'Prime Managed': Explained.
You may be familiar with the idea of 'discretionary' and 'execution only' within the context of stock trading and asset management. Yes,...
As a business we buy a lot from abroad; how can a broker help?
You are a company incorporated and predominantly working in the UK. All but a few of your more niche suppliers are located overseas in...
7 ways to test your broker.
Thinking about engaging or changing the foreign exchange company you use for your personal or business payments? Here are 7 things to...
Million Dollar Houses
Brits buying in the US or Americans buying in the UK. Whichever way you look at it, the property being acquired is priced in dollars....
'Cash access solutions': what are they?
At Prime Cap we refer to 'Currency Cards', such as they are and amongst other things, as aspects of a 'cash access' solution. We advocate...
FX: Do you understand what we do?
Content, content, content. In a bid to flesh out our swelling blog and case-study portfolio I asked the team "What can we blog about...
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