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How to transfer money securely and cost-effectively

So you’ve moved abroad and are planning to stay there for a few years or even permanently? Then chances are you have bank accounts and savings back home that at some point you’ll want to bring over to your new country. Or you’ll want to remit money from the new country to pay for a mortgage or other expenses back home. So what’s the best way to do it? Research shows that you’re unlikely to get the best deal from your bank. Read this to find out more!

Alex Shaw, author

Expat Interview – Alex Shaw

Part One of BE’s interview with British author Alex Shaw, in which he talks about the upheavals of starting expat life in the early Nineties, the beauties of Ukraine, and the shrinking world we now live in.