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The London Evening Standard today reported that tens of thousands of consumers are buying dollars and euros on currency cards to avoid high airport rates.

The article confirmed that FairFX.com took on nearly 60 per cent more card customers last month than December.

In it, the FairFX chief executive Stephen Heath said: "The consumer mindset has shifted towards 'every penny counts' as people try to offset the rising cost of living by planning ahead."

Click here to read the article in full.

Wednesday 25 February 2009, 11:51am

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This Is Money (by the Daily Mail) have published an interesting story which highlights that although more than half of travellers look for a 0% commission deal when buying foreign currency, that particular statistic can be extremely misleading.

For example, last Tuesday at midday, £200 would have bought €211.38 at a NatWest branch or €217 at a post office - even though both advertise 0% commission.

FairFX, along with Caxton, provides the best exchange rates through their travel cards. Currency is loaded on to a card and accessed using cash machines abroad. Last Tuesday, £200 would have bought €223 at FairFX and €222 at Caxton.

Click here to read the article in full.

Tuesday 24 February 2009, 11:42am

Tags: currency exchange, dollar rates, euro, euro rate, exchange rates, opodo, press mentions

People are becoming a lot savvier about holiday money. It used to be that all you did was to go down to your local bank, get your travellers cheques and jump on your plane.

Not any more.

Thanks to forum posts like this one you can now share advice with fellow travellers on best holiday money practice. And one of the recurring themes is to take the majority of your cash with you on the FairFX Card.

Here's the link to find out more: US Dollar Rates

Friday 15 August 2008, 10:19am

Tags: dollar, dollar exchange rates, dollar rates, holiday money, usa travel, us dollar

Word's spreading about our $2 for £1 rates...

We've been featured in the Scotsman today.

Check out more information about the FairFX card here: Currency exchange rates

Friday 18 July 2008, 09:36am

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