First Rate - experts in foreign exchange services

Why First Rate

What would you like to do?

Overview

Work with us and you choose a world-leading travel money supplier. We specialise in foreign exchange: it’s the only thing we do, not one activity out of many. Which is why we can genuinely call ourselves FXperts.

Our specialist expertise goes beyond comprehensive, highly-competitive foreign currency solutions. The objective: to give your brand and your customers the most effective, smooth-running outsourced currency services.

It’s based on the following principles: capability, innovation, customer insight, impeccable service and a total white-label philosophy.

The advantages are considerable:

We increase your profits:
through a choice of white-label currency services we offer all our partners highly attractive incremental profit streams.
We’re cost-effective:
outsourcing to First Rate lets you reduce overheads and focus on what’s important. In many cases we soundly beat our competitors on cost. Contact us to learn more.
We’re secure:
our high-quality notes are backed by counterfeit identification and managed secure delivery. Stringent security and anti-fraud measures are all part of the package.
We add value:
our currency services can enhance your brand and introduce new revenue streams.

Capability

We manage and supply the UK’s largest foreign exchange retail network along with other corporate clients. In addition, we have extensive management experience in retail banking, travel money, leisure travel and wholesale foreign exchange.

Innovation

First Rate have developed and launched pioneering travel money services, such as:

  • The Post Office® Travel Money Online service
  • The Post Office® Travel Money Card, the UK’s leading pre-paid travel money card
  • ‘Euro on-demand’ services through 7,000 branches across the UK
  • 0% commission in the UK travel money market

Insight

To help you succeed in travel money, First Rate can provide valuable market, consumer and competitor insights from authoritative marketing and channel insight specialists. We’ve the experience in customer marketing, as well as the expertise in operations and risk management to make this possible.

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