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Good to see that people are starting to discuss FairFX as a safer place to keep your money when you’re abroad.

Consumer champion website Mums Finance has highlighted that when money is loaded onto your FairFX currency card, the funds are held in a ‘client money’ account at Newcastle Building Society.

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Tuesday 18 November 2008, 12:17pm

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An article in the Telegraph today includes a quote from Money supermarket saying that cash and travellers cheques are a more expensive option than the best forms of plastic.

Here's one of Money Supermarket's top recommendations: Currency Card

Thursday 14 August 2008, 08:57am

Tags: cash abroad, consumers, currency, currency card, currency card discussion

The great thing about offering market-leading exchange rates is that your customers tell their friends :)

Thursday 13 March 2008, 02:21pm

Tags: consumers, exchange rates, forums, lock in rates

An article on the Channel 4 News website has highlighted that Britons are having to fork out as much as £1.8 billion a year in cash machine and credit-card charges incurred abroad.

Our chief executive Stephen Heath said: "Travellers get hit every way they turn when spending abroad.

"Either they have to rely on carrying unwieldy and unsecured amounts of cash, suffer punitive charges for withdrawing cash from ATMs (automatic teller machines) or use a debit or credit card which not only inflicts more hefty charges but also subjects them to a growing risk of fraud."

Monday 26 November 2007, 05:06pm

Tags: abroad, ATM, cash abroad, consumers, feeling the pinch, opodo, press mentions

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