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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.
5 currencies you'd expect to be able to deal with, but can't.
We'll begin by saying that in light of market changes in the coming months and years this post may be out of date almost as soon as it is...
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....
What tends to move the FX markets?
As we have mentioned in other posts, when you think of the 'Foreign Exchange' (FX) markets, you should imagine an actual old fashioned...
TrasnsferWise: 5 things they can't do.
You might think it odd that a currency conversion company overtly name and publiscise a business which all would consider a direct...
Do law firms refer FX brokers? No!? Well, why the devil not?
A brief one today: We recently provided one of our clients with €64,000 more than her bank. Context: The client was introduced to us by...
Buying Prime | You've registered as a client; what happens next?
Practically, once a client has formally registered with Prime Cap our segregated client trust accounts are made available for settlement....
Buying Prime | planning your purchase.
The majority of referrals we receive from the legal sector relate to the purchase of London property. The overriding consideration for us...
50% deposit on a pro-forma invoice...100% certainty.
Many importers, whether they call themselves importers or not, have to pay a deposit on certain goods before they can secure production....
Our default operating setting is 'Prime View'. What does this mean?
'Prime Managed', 'Prime Execution' & 'Prime View'. Three headings you may see dotted across the Prime Cap website, but, nowhere else....
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...
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...
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...
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...
CONTRACTS | What is a 'Spot' contract, who uses it and why?
Rather than just sitting down and writing what we think a 'Spot' contract is and how you might go about using one to best effect, as you...
Ca$h Currenc¥ | Part 1: EXCHANGING ON THE HIGH STREET.
The best advice we can give the would-be traveller or holidayer is to imagine that there is no rate of exchange. Imagine that the country...
Making a decision about when to transact: 3 things to consider.
It goes without saying that someone who is exchanging one currency for another wants to get the most money they can or exchange as small...
4 of our favourite currencies.
A touch of whimsy to bolster not only your global financial education, but also your dinner party trivia! Yes - we are rocking Geek Chic...
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