There’s a longstanding debate about whether people should use their credit card when travelling abroad. While there is no right or wrong answer to this question, there is a lot of nuance. [...]
The Currency Converters Blog
Read our latest blogs to learn more about the best practices for currency exchange, wire transfers, traveling with money, and doing business internationally.
Going into 2021, a whopping 80% of Canadians made travel plans for the year. After many endless months of border and travel restrictions, who can blame people for wanting to travel? The good news [...]
I grew up in the 80s and have vivid memories of polishing and shining my leather shoes before every family outing. Back then, I’d never dream of attending church in anything less than my Sunday [...]
Eleven years ago, on May 22, 2010, Bitcoin was first used as a means of exchange in an everyday transaction. 10,000 bitcoins were paid for two large Papa John’s pizzas. Although this transaction [...]
There are many benefits to using our services, including the exchange rates we are able to offer our clients and low fee wire charges. Even though it may only look like we are saving our client a [...]
Many years ago, the Canadian government imposed a rule that required currency operators to determine the purpose of a client’s transaction. The process of determining the purpose of the [...]
Mask? Check. Passport? Check. Vaccine? Wait, what? Hitting the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 is no reason to celebrate. Like our clients, our staff is eager to be able to travel to different [...]
The recent increase in the value of Bitcoin (BTC) has sparked many inquiries from investors and our customers. People are asking: What is Bitcoin? Where can Bitcoin be purchased? What can you use [...]
It occurred to me recently that youth today will have no concept of what a “Layaway” is. If you’re one of those youth, a layaway allowed you to put a deposit on an item and pay it off over time. [...]
If nothing else, the pandemic has given us the opportunity to cross long-standing items off of our to-do lists. Many of those little projects, that were on a backburner, finally got attention [...]