Type Private Products Foreign Exchange Founded 1996 Headquarters London | Industry Financial Services CEO Keith Hatton Number of employees 250 Parent organization Palamon Capital Partners | |
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Key people Keith Hatton (CEO, May 2011 – Present) Website www.currenciesdirect.com Profiles | ||
Currencies Direct Ltd is a UK-based foreign exchange broker and international payment provider. It delivers currency exchange services in a number of countries to individuals, online sellers and businesses. Currencies Direct was established in 1996 by Mayank Patel and Peter Ellis, offering a range of currency tools, and providing free transfers at a better rate of exchange than the high street banks.
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It now employs more than 250 people in 19 offices around the world.
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Currencies Direct has offices in the UK, the USA, Spain, France, India, South Africa and Portugal. It also has operations in the Republic of Ireland, Scandinavia, and Malta.
Currencies Direct offers foreign exchange services, forward contracts, telegraphic transfer, risk solutions, affiliate partnerships and online services. Currencies Direct specialises in services for those who are buying property abroad, emigrating, importing and exporting, studying overseas, selling online or making other large and/or regular foreign exchange transfers.