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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 eurozone, as the European Commission comes ever closer

11 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Spain announces details of new windfall tax on banks and fuel companies

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 has entered a recession. Over the last fortnight,

12 Nov, 2022 @ 12:00

Business & Finance·Columnists·Currencies Direct: Financial Advice·Lead·National News

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) was the last chance to swap the

1 Jul, 2021 @ 10:31

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

WATCH: New €100 and €200 notes legal in Spain from today are vegan friendly, shorter and more secure

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 is the latest in the ‘Europa’ series

28 May, 2019 @ 19:08

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

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

27 May, 2019 @ 11:34

Crime & Law·Lead

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

12 May, 2019 @ 12:11

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead

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 it will transform how we make transactions,

16 Feb, 2019 @ 07:58

Business & Finance

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.

29 Nov, 2017 @ 11:50

Business & Finance·Entertainment·Food & Drink

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:

22 Jun, 2016 @ 12:45

Featured·National News·Politics

Digital currency booming in Spain with introduction of bitcoin ATMs

Bitcoin boom

22 Jan, 2016 @ 10:38

Business & Finance

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

12 Oct, 2015 @ 22:20

Business & Finance·Property

A Sterling summer

Spain’s sunbed sellers are rubbing their hands in glee thanks to the pound, just don’t mention the Greeks...

24 Mar, 2015 @ 16:01

Columnists·Mark Rickard: Money Mark

Booming pound hits seven year high against euro

Last year, the pound was worth just €1.18...

10 Mar, 2015 @ 17:21

Business & Finance·Lead

A Sterling summer

Columnist and financial expert Mark Rickard of HiFX, on summer changes and the ever-struggling euro

28 Jul, 2014 @ 09:00

Columnists·Mark Rickard: Money Mark

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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

9 Feb, 2014 @ 10:00

National News

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

8 Oct, 2013 @ 06:00

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…

9 Aug, 2012 @ 19:14

Business & Finance·Other News

The Tunisia effect

Stephen Tiley of Moneycorp believes Spain will see more holidaymakers thanks to turmoil in north Africa

2 Feb, 2011 @ 09:30

Business & Finance

Euro danger

Recession could cause end of euro, says Nobel winning scientist

10 Oct, 2010 @ 09:00

Business & Finance·Lead