Guildford IFA offers foreign exchange service on website

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Arch Financial Planning has introduced a foreign exchange service on its website in order to boost its client proposition.

The service allows individuals, companies, charities and investors to make simple international payments and exchange currencies 24 hours a day. It is provided by international payments provider FTT Global, which has the technology to keep costs much lower than most High Street banks, according to Arch managing director Arthur Childs. He says the firm introduced the service to meet client demand, including the growing number of people looking to buy second homes abroad. Underwritten by A-rated insurer Hiscox to the tune of £1m per claim, Childs says he is comfortable promoting the ...

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