Tag: currency
All change? European Commission comes ever closer to scrapping one- and two-euro-cent coins
THE DAYS OF sorting through near-useless one- and two-euro-cent coins among your change could soon be over in Spain and the rest of the...
GBP/EUR exchange rate slumps as BoE forecasts a two-year UK recession
The pound euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate fell sharply through the first two weeks of November as it became increasingly apparent that the UK economy...
Hundreds queue at banks across Spain in last chance to cash in old pesetas
HUNDREDS of people queued along Spain’s streets yesterday in a race to exchange old pesetas for euros ahead of the final deadline.
Wednesday (June 30)...
WATCH: New €100 and €200 notes legal in Spain from today are vegan friendly, shorter and more secure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYspQpmfWaE
THE new €100 and €200 notes have landed in Spain and the 19 other countries which have adopted the currency.
This freshly minted legal tender...
Brit family arrested after funding Spain holiday through ‘high quality’ fake cash spree
Officers alleged the relatives had obtained €400 by swapping fake pound notes in currency exchanges, and seized £850 in ‘high-value counterfeit £50 notes
British MPs rally round Brits living in Spain who lost millions in dodgy Mallorca currency firm collapse
Premier FX, based in Palma, ceased trading last July, leaving behind millions in unpaid debts
Using Cryptocurrency as a Major Mode of Payment
Cryptocurrency has gone from an obscure topic of conversation among computer specialists to a major feature of contemporary public life.
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have promised that...
Remember to bring your bits and bobs for 50 Plus Expo in Fuengirola
The 50 Plus Expo has hundreds of professionals specialising in areas as broad as insurance, health, currency, exchange, property, tourism and much more.
How the UK and expats will be affected in the 1,000 days after Brexit
With the polls neck-and-neck, Marbella lawyer Alex Radford takes a look at what a Brexit will mean in the days, months and years following an out vote:
Excitement builds at currency expert HiFX as Spanish property market booms
The property market is on the up, and so are spirits at leading currency company HiFX, writes Rob Horgan
A Sterling summer
Spain’s sunbed sellers are rubbing their hands in glee thanks to the pound, just don’t mention the Greeks...
Booming pound hits seven year high against euro
Last year, the pound was worth just €1.18...
A Sterling summer
Columnist and financial expert Mark Rickard of HiFX, on summer changes and the ever-struggling euro
One of Europe’s biggest currency forgers arrested at Spanish home
Police found the 60-year-old man surrounded by fake currency at his Toledo home
Traveller’s cheques: DO leave home without them
A visitor's holiday funds ran short when banks and hotels refused to exchange his traveller's cheques
Olympic size debt
Introducing a new monthly currency column, Keith Spitalnick looks at the inconsistencies in financial reporting and whether the Olympics are really worth their weight in gold…
The Tunisia effect
Stephen Tiley of Moneycorp believes Spain will see more holidaymakers thanks to turmoil in north Africa