Prime location: (Left to right) Gillian O’Shaughnessy, former National Sales and Marketing Manager, Darren Jenkins-Ferrett, Travelex Retail Managing Director, and Andrew Stainforth, Gauteng Regional Manager, about to hand in the Travelex Retail tender at OR Tambo International Airport in November last year. After a fiercely contested tender between the big four banks and the major specialised […]

NEW brand ambassador: (Left to right) Sean Maloney, Travelex Retail and FX Africa Chairperson, Lee Savage, Western Cape Regional Manager, Schalk Burger, rugby player and Travelex Retail brand ambassador, and Darren Jenkins-Ferrett, Managing Director. Travelex Retail has chosen Springbok and Stormers rugby player Schalk Burger to be its “brand ambassador” in South Africa. Burger joined […]

SHORT TERM (THREE MONTHS): The rand saw some weakness when the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) left interest rates unchanged at its January Monetary Policy Committee meeting, which was intensified by the president’s State of the Nation Address being negatively perceived by the financial markets, and the knee-jerk reaction to the announcement of exchange control […]

Sydney, Australia’s largest city. This month, we focus on Sydney, Australia’s largest and best-known city. Sydney is a dynamic, pulsating, multicultural centre that was established in 1788 by the British, and is now home to about 4.3 million people. In many ways, this booming, exciting, modern city is symbolic of a country that has enjoyed more than […]

Managing Director of FX Africa Foreign Exchange, Darren Jenkins-Ferrett The transformation of FX Africa into the Travelex Retail Foreign Exchange brand in South Africa is about so much more than just changing the sign above the door, says Darren Jenkins-Ferrett, Managing Director of FX Africa Foreign Exchange. “It’s a complete mindset change from […]