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First Rate - experts in foreign exchange services

We take care of your currency requirements.

You might want to offer a new currency service to customers – or improve an existing one to increase revenue. You might want to reach out and trade with companies overseas.

Our services are flexible. Opt for a wholesale currency service in association with Bank of Ireland First Currency Services. Or a total managed solution that frees you to concentrate on core business. Or a solution that’s in-between.

You can obtain what you need, how you want it, and order conveniently by phone or over the Web.

Currency services

Travel Money Online
Integrate our white-labelled online ordering system into your website. Gain extra revenue and enhance your customer offering.
Discover the full benefits of Travel Money Online
Individual customer pre-order
Let your customers order currency notes, traveller’s cheques and pre-paid currency cards, and have them delivered to a specified address.
Individual customer purchase
Enable your customers to exchange currency notes and traveller’s cheques for sterling cash or to buy goods and services.
Wholesale services
Select from a competitive range of bulk currency services for your organisation’s needs through First Rate and Bank of Ireland First Currency Services. Ideal for currency retailers, with the guarantee of high note quality, counterfeit identification and managed secure delivery.