Pay Your Property Deposit by Card
Aug 30, 2008 Property deposits
Pay your overseas property deposit with a credit, or debit, card and get a better rate of exchange than you would by using the card abroad.
How to beat the currency exchange system with credit card payments on property purchases.
If you find yourself in the fortunate position of being able to buy that property abroad, and you need to place a deposit on the property to secure the one you want, then there is an answer.
Pay your initial deposit with your debit, or credit, card.
However, before you get too excited, consider this. I was in Spain recently and used my UK Bank debit card to draw some Euros at the “Hole in the wall”. I drew money on two consecutive days. The exchange rate between the pound and the euro had barely altered, but one bank gave me 1.19 euros to the pound. The other bank gave a rate of 1.23 euros to the pound. If, like me, you suffer from terrible thirst when it’s hot and you need £200 to pay for the drinks, the difference is €8. “Just €8!” I hear you say.
Well change that figure of £200 to £3000 as a house deposit and the difference between one bank’s foreign exchange rate and the other’s is now €120. Not a huge amount, but still worth saving.
FX-Foreignexchange have a facility, through their currency exchange partners, where you can now pay your initial deposit to secure a property abroad by using your debit or credit card. You get an even better rate than the banks can offer. It’s a safe way to pay and painless.
Just call FX-Foreignexchange on 0044 (0)1480 458400, (or email for them to contact you from here) , register your details with them, give them the details of where you want your deposit to go, and they take the payment in your local currency, change it, and send it to the account you’ve asked for it to be sent to.
Paying your overseas property deposit couldn’t be easier. You may even want to spend the money you save on a special dinner to celebrate how clever you are!
A couple of little things, FX-Foreignexchange can’t take card payments over £10,000, and they can’t take less than £2500. On the basis that most initial deposits for new homes abroad are €3,000, or £2,500, this shouldn’t present a problem.
The other area to consider is if you use the same company to change your further stage payments, the difference when using my example, is €1,200 when you change £30,000.
That’s a bit more interesting than the €8 I saved!
Tags: abroad, card, overseas, property deposit
Pay Your Deposit by Card
Aug 30, 2008 Currency News
Pay your overseas property deposit with a credit, or debit, card and get a better rate of exchange than you would by using the card abroad.
use a debit, or credit card to pay your property deposit and save money
How to beat the currency exchange system with credit card payments on property purchases.
If you find yourself in the fortunate position of being able to buy that property abroad, and you need to place a deposit on the property to secure the one you want, then there is an answer.
Pay your initial deposit with your debit, or credit, card.
However, before you get too excited, consider this. I was in Spain recently and used my UK Bank debit card to draw some Euros at the “Hole in the wall”. I drew money on two consecutive days. The exchange rate between the pound and the euro had barely altered, but one bank gave me 1.19 euros to the pound. The other bank gave a rate of 1.23 euros to the pound. If, like me, you suffer from terrible thirst when it’s hot and you need £200 to pay for the drinks, the difference is €8. “Just €8!” I hear you say.
Well change that figure of £200 to £3000 as a house deposit and the difference between one bank’s foreign exchange rate and the other’s is now €120. Not a huge amount, but still worth saving.
FX-Foreignexchange have a facility, through their currency exchange partners, where you can now pay your initial deposit to secure a property abroad by using your debit or credit card. You get an even better rate than the banks can offer. It’s a safe way to pay and painless.
Just call FX-Foreignexchange on 0044 (0)1480 458400, (or email for them to contact you from here) , register your details with them, give them the details of where you want your deposit to go, and they take the payment in your local currency, change it, and send it to the account you’ve asked for it to be sent to.
Paying your overseas property deposit couldn’t be easier. You may even want to spend the money you save on a special dinner to celebrate how clever you are!
A couple of little things, FX-Foreignexchange can’t take card payments over £10,000, and they can’t take less than £2500. On the basis that most initial deposits for new homes abroad are €3,000, or £2,500, this shouldn’t present a problem.
The other area to consider is if you use the same company to change your further stage payments, the difference when using my example, is €1,200 when you change £30,000.
That’s a bit more interesting than the €8 I saved!
Tags: overseas, property deposit, use card
Dollar Today
Aug 29, 2008 $ Dollars
The rates for The US Dollar this morning are:
| Currency | Code | USD/1 Unit | Units/1 USD |
| UAE Dirham | AED | 0.2723 | 3.6741 |
| Australian Dollar | AUD | 0.864 | 1.1577 |
| Canadian Dollar | CAD | 0.9553 | 1.0471 |
| Cyprus Pound | CYP | 1.4751 | 0.678 |
| Euro | EUR | 1.4751 | 0.678 |
| British Pound | GBP | 1.8344 | 0.5452 |
| Japanese Yen | JPY | 0.009148 | 109.33 |
n.b these are just indication rates as of 8.30am
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Pounds Today
Aug 29, 2008 £ GB Pounds
The rates for the GB Pound this morning:
| Currency | Code | GBP/1 Unit | Units/1 GBP |
| UAE. Dirham | AED | 0.1485 | 6.7396 |
| Australian Dollar | AUD | 0.4711 | 2.1236 |
| Canadian Dollar | CAD | 0.5209 | 1.9208 |
| Cyprus Pound | CYP | 0.8043 | 1.2436 |
| Egyptian Pound | EGP | 0.1023 | 9.9215 |
| Euro | EUR | 0.8043 | 1.2436 |
| Japanese Yen | JPY | 0.004988 | 200.556 |
| Polish Zloty | PLN | 0.2406 | 4.1672 |
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GB Pound
Aug 28, 2008 £ GB Pounds
Buy, or sell, GB Pounds at the best currency exchange rates.
Base Currency: British Pound, GBP on Thursday, August 28, 2008
| Currency | Code | GBP/1 Unit | Units/1 GBP |
| UAE. Dirham | AED | 0.1479 | 6.7647 |
| Australian Dollar | AUD | 0.4664 | 2.1451 |
| Canadian Dollar | CAD | 0.5193 | 1.9265 |
| Cyprus Pound | CYP | 0.7986 | 1.2523 |
| Egyptian Pound | EGP | 0.1021 | 9.9514 |
| British Pound | GBP | 1 | 1 |
| Japanese Yen | JPY | 0.004968 | 201.354 |
| Polish Zloty | PLN | 0.2402 | 4.1745 |
| US Dollar | USD | 0.5432 | 1.8412 |
Dollar Rates
Aug 28, 2008 $ Dollars
The rates for The US Dollar this morning are:
Base Currency: US Dollar, USD on Thursday, August 28, 2008
| Currency | Code | USD/1 Unit | Units/1 USD |
| UAE Dirham | AED | 0.2723 | 3.6741 |
| Australian Dollar | AUD | 0.8585 | 1.1651 |
| Canadian Dollar | CAD | 0.956 | 1.0464 |
| Euro | EUR | 1.4703 | 0.6802 |
| British Pound | GBP | 1.8412 | 0.5432 |
| Japanese Yen | JPY | 0.009145 | 109.365 |
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USD
Aug 23, 2008 Currency News
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Commercial transactions made at commercial rates.
Minimum currency exchange trades of $7,000 USD.
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Below are an indication of today’s global currency exchange rates for the American Dollar.
|
CURRENCIES |
HIGH |
LOW |
|
GBP-EUR |
1.2633 |
1.2226 |
|
GBP-USD |
1.8703 |
1.8389 |
|
GBP-AED |
6.8659 |
6.7503 |
|
GBP-BRL |
3.0326 |
2.9813 |
|
GBP-EGP |
9.9769 |
9.6518 |
|
GBP-TRY |
2.2381 |
2.1533 |
|
EUR-USD |
1.4833 | 1.4566 |
|
EUR-BRL |
2.4065 |
2.3582 |
| EUR-AED |
5.4426 |
5.2521 |
|
USD-AED |
3.6722 |
3.671 |
| USD-EUR | 0.67847 | 0.6656 |
| USD-EGP | 5.3382 | 5.1751 |
n.b these are just indication rates as of 8.30am on Thursday 21st August, 2008
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