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Currensea vs Curve review

What is Curve? London-based FinTech Curve was founded in 2015 by Shachar Bialick and launched in...

Currensea vs Monzo review

What is Monzo? Monzo, first introduced in 2015, is an app-based mobile bank. It provides you with a...

Currensea vs Starling review

What is Starling? Starling Bank, founded in 2014, is an app-based mobile bank. Starling's personal...

How to boost your Avios by spending abroad with a Currensea travel debit card

If you’re an avid Avios collector, spending abroad with your BA American Express card is your first...

Currensea vs Caxton review - How they compare

Who is Caxton FX? Caxton FX offers foreign exchange services in many forms including money transfer...

Currensea vs Post Office review - What’s the best travel money card

Who is the Post Office? The Post Office is a well-known high-street brand, trusted by millions for...

Brits can now collect air miles without a credit card

Travel Debit Card Currensea partners with Singapore Airlines in first-of-its-kind offering

Is your money in safe hands?

When looking at new payment methods, we often hear terms such as challenger banks, neobanks, or...

Currensea vs Revolut review

Who is Revolut? Our review The challenger bank Revolut launched in 2015, originally bringing their...

Check out these 6 innovative companies aiming to help you out with your finances in 2021

How can technology help improve my finances? Since the 2008 financial crash, the rise in technology...

Six FinTech providers that could boost your business in 2021

Where to start with new FinTech services? Every business from sole traders to large corporations...

How being an ‘accidental importer’ of SaaS can mean hidden foreign exchange costs for your business

The rise in cloud-based technology has paved the way for a whole new industry, fondly known as...

Currensea Awards 2020

After launching Currensea in 2020 we have been overwhelmed by the support we have received for our...

International Christmas shopping needn’t cost as much as you think

Christmas might feel a bit different this year, we may not be able to see all our family and...

Why Do Consumers Still Love Their Bank?

There are so many good reasons why the big banks should have gone out of business by now. They...

SMEs trading internationally in 2020 – Britain Back in Business: What our new research has revealed

You may have seen that team Currensea launched a new multi-currency card for SMEs trading...

Black Friday 2020

Black Friday 2020 weekend has arrived.

International Christmas shopping from the comfort of your own home with Currensea

International Christmas shopping during a national lockdown doesn’t have to be a burden. With...

Small and medium-sized enterprises – Keeping 2021 simple

Currensea the UK's best rated travel debit card explains what Open Banking is and how it can help...

What is the interbank exchange rate?

Here at Currensea, we've secured interbank exchange rates for the 16 major currency pairings....

Currensea Travel Debit Card for Business

Currensea is the zero-fee travel debit card that partners with your bank to provide you with the...

Britain in Business Report

Brexit and COVID shutters international trade for 1.5m UK SMEs

Zero-fee FX currency business card

Currensea’s zero-fee FX Currency business card helps you make international purchases, whether that...

Multi-Currency Card for Online Purchases

Pay in 180 currencies while removing at least 85% of FX fees and receive the latest interbank...

Open Banking 101

“Open Banking is the secure way to give providers access to your financial information.”

Currensea ranks third on BusinessCloud’s 100 FinTech Disrupter list for 2020

Currensea ranks third on BusinessCloud’s 100 FinTech Disrupter list for 2020

Navigating travel and currency during Covid-19

By James Lynn, co-founder of Currensea and originally featured on InsuranceWire.

What does the future look like for the UK’s SMEs?

Earlier this month we hosted a webinar to discuss the current situation many SMEs across the UK...

Currensea for business save 100% of FX fees

Introducing Currensea for business, the simplest, lowest-cost solution for secure international...

Open Banking enables safe spending abroad for Currensea customers

Consumers are right to be concerned about the safety of their banking and financial services...

Your travel money is safe with Currensea

Summer destinations are starting to open up again. We want our users to feel safe in the knowledge...

N26 heads for the door, where can stranded customers turn?

Opinion: James Lynn, Currensea Co-Founder

Holiday money – Save on charges and get more

Getting hold of your holiday money can be a hassle – an expensive one too.

Travel money and trees. We help you offset carbon

Many people are concerned about the environmental impact and how to offset carbon emissions as they...

Bringing convenience and simplicity to travel money

We started developing the Currensea travel debit card because it was clear that accessing and...

Meet Currensea. The simple and cost-effective currency card

Look no further – we’re pleased to introduce you to Currensea, a travel debit card which is simple...

Currensea is crowdfunding on Seedrs

Today we’ve launched our public crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Many milestones led to this, and...

Welcome to Currensea!

Hello readers, and welcome to the Currensea blog!