Currency Apple App Store prices expected to rise significantly in India, Turkey and the UK Apple is expected to increase its App Store prices for apps and in-app purchases by more than 25% in the UK in the next week as a result of the post-Brexit currency fall in the pound according to 9to5Mac reports [http://stfi.re/dpoxznj] . Apple App Store prices in India
Exchange Rates Foreign Currency Transfers - the great deception - and how to beat it Big institutions bouncing your money around the world like a pinball to multiple fee-charging banks using a complex and expensive relationship network – a desperate stand-in for an efficient transfer solution – all operating at your expense and hidden from your scrutiny by a global agreement to keep the system totally opaque
Australia We already love mobile banking, so how can it get better? Australians love to moan about banks, but it turns out we're actually fairly content with the current approach to mobile banking. The chart below shows the percentage of customers who are either very satisfied or fairly satisfied with mobile banking apps for the 10 biggest banks, according to Roy Morgan
Exchange Rates Business chiefs more cautious in 2017: Ai Group Fresh from a year that delivered major political shocks and proved tougher than expected, Australian business leaders are taking a cautious approach to 2017. Fewer chief executives expect to see business conditions improve than a year ago, though there are more forecasting a stable environment, according to the latest CEO
Exchange Rates Australian Dollar extends gains above US74.5c Australian Dollar extends gains above US74.5c The Australian dollar was trading at its highest levels in a month Thursday after the greenback slumped amid fresh skepticism in global markets about the Trump White House’s economic policy intentions. The gains make the Australian dollar one of the best-performing global
FinTech The Traditional Payments Player Role In The FinTech World As the payments ecosystem continues to evolve, FinTechs are leading the charge in transforming everything from operational efficiencies to business models, and especially the customer experience. But how do the industry’s incumbents fit into the new world of payments? Joby Orlowsky, VP of business growth and development for Discover
FinTech Building a fintech ecosystem: Why customer experience should come first If banks weren’t already feeling the pressure from financial technology (fintech) startups, they should be now: Fintech companies are officially mainstream. A report conducted by the tech company LinkedIn, the advisory firm Capgemini and the non-profit Efma found that half of banking customers around the world now use at
Expats Where to find the world's highest-paid expats "Expats ranked Switzerland highly for both financial and personal well-being criteria," said Dean Blackburn, head of HSBC Expat. "The combination of high salaries and excellent work culture has placed Switzerland at the top of the careers league table." "Expats in Sweden and Germany enjoy benefits outside the financial side of
Currency How the world's currencies got their names From the pound to the peso, the ruble to the lira - you may think the names of currencies have nothing in common. A recent blog post from the Oxford Dictionaries [http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2014/02/origins-currencies/] website showed that many of the names the world uses for its
Exchange Rates Foreign Exchange Calculator: The Real Cost of Money Conversion Do you know what the actual foreign exchange money conversion rate is? You probably know what conversion rate your bank is charging you, but did you know there is another "higher" rate known as the market rate? In fact, the market rate is the only real rate to convert your
Currency Conversion Fed Distributed Ledger Tech Report Singles Out Interledger In the latest report from the Federal Reserve Board on “distributed ledger technology in payments, clearing, and settlement,” the future use of distributed financial technology looks more certain than ever. The exhaustive document details potential and known use cases, the path to adoption for new solutions and legal issues and
Currency Conversion McKinsey: Corporates Need Faster Cross-Border Payments Corporate clients are becoming aware of recent innovations in payment platforms and seeking upgrades to their cross-border payments. Their low-cost, real-time domestic payments are contrasted with their experience of costly, days-long cross-border transactions. Bottom line: corporates expect better cross-border payments services, and according to McKinsey, 70 percent are willing to
Study Abroad 10 Travel Tips for Students Who Have Never Studied Abroad Deciding to partake in this journey is half the battle, one you have already won. In case you are starting to feel pre-departure jitters, here are some tips to help calm your nerves and have a grasp on your adventure ahead. a. Research where you’re going b. Talk to
Banks What the average bank does not want you to know about foreign exchange Welcome to Big Bank FX money transfers. Learn about the ugly truth when sending money overseas... and what you can do about it. Now there is a much better way to send exchange and send international transfers. In the meantime, when it comes to transferring funds internationally, FlashFx is already
Currency Conversion Excessive fees cost foreign exchange users over $1.5 trillion annually These days more technology is at your disposal than ever before. Indeed, if needed, most banking can be done from mobile devices, including global wire transfers. However, peel back the curtain on the actual practices used to execute the transactions, and things have not changed much for the banks and
Exchange Rates Foreign Exchange, primer Every day around $5 trillion is traded in foreign exchange. While much of it is speculation (trading for the sake of making a profit), foreign currency transfers are essential to enabling global trade. There are many factors driving foreign currency values. Fundamentally it is about the demand and supply of
Payments Big Bank FX - There is always another way... Welcome to Big Bank FX money transfers. Learn about the ugly truth when sending money overseas. With Flash FX there is now another way. As one the latest entries into the currency transfer business FlashFX, a cutting edge FinTech start-up based in Sydney Australia, is engineered from the ground up
International Money Transfers How to stop paying for your banker’s $600 lunch Big banks are overcharging you by bouncing your money around the globe in a giant shell game while they collect fees and enjoy $600 meals. In this article, we’ll explore how to stop buying the bankers lunch, by looking at two of the most common users of foreign currency
Blockchain Cross-Border Money Transfer: A Nightmare Solved by the Internet Money Transfer Improvements Are Coming We live in a world where people are in motion, from country to country, often in search of better and better-paying work. An upshot: there is a lot of cross-border money flows. The World Bank [http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/12/18/
