Protecting your business from currency swings
We've started the new season with appalling news for Pound Sterling. It's kind of nostalgic now to think back about the spring when the economy was more or less blossoming shily despite all the...
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FX international payments tracking guide
Although international transfers have become a lot faster and cheaper over the last decade, now and then an occasional payment takes longer than usual and depending on your chosen provider and mode...
How to deal with FX uncertainty during volatile markets
The US Fed has delivered its 2nd consecutive hike of 0.75%, maintaining its position as one of the most aggressive central banks in an ongoing battle to control inflation worldwide. However,...
How tech & accountants can help SMEs
For the first time in decades, the world economy enters a potentially prolonged period of economic uncertainty - not simply because of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. The last two decades saw...
Simpler, safer way for small businesses to deal with currency risk
What's wrong with timing currency purchases for your business
It is common practice for businesses who trade internationally to try and "time the currency markets". They wait and purchase foreign currency in large amounts when exchange rates “look...
Cost of currency management and the value of keeping your business safe
The approach of small and medium-sized businesses towards FX risk management is very different from that of large public firms and foreign currency hedging costs are to blame. We look at hedging of...
Business planning and projects in foreign currencies
Small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) often have limited resources and must decide how to use them most effectively. The biggest advantage of hedging may come not just from removing financial...
How bad it can be – FX risks from currency invoices
New business models, from companies such as TransferWise and Revolut, have transformed the cross-border payments market over the last 5 years. They have thrust greater transparency onto the fees...