Media releases

Read more about Travelex's global activities and acquisitions in our archived media releases.

Travelex set to take emerging payment technology Across asia pacific

Date : November 21, 2007
Travelex strengthens its Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) offering for Asia Pacific with agreement to acquire Pulse Pos Pty Ltd a subsidiary of Pulse International.

Travelex launches QUIDs in space

Date : October, 2007
Travelex unveils the first unit of currency to be created for use in space in partnership with a team of scientists from the National Space Centre.

Travelex completes acquisition of Ruesch International

Date : 6th September 2007
Travelex, the world's leading global business payments specialist, today announced the completion of the acquisition of Ruesch International.

Travelex and Ruesch International

Date : March 27, 2007
Travelex, the world's largest non-bank provider of international payment services, announced today that it has agreed to acquire Ruesch International from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for US$440 million.

Travelex Announces the opening of its New York trading floor

Date: Sept. 27 2004
World's leading foreign exchange specialist continues global expansion and deepens its commitment to the New York market.

Holidaymakers turn property seekers according to research

Date: Aug. 19 2004
More and more Britons are using their holiday time abroad to search for property, according to research published today by foreign exchange specialist Travelex.

Travelex launches Online FX Payment Platform

Date: April 2, 2004
Travelex, has launched fxpaynet, a new online foreign exchange payment platform that will significantly simplify the way businesses manage their global payments and currency exposures.

Travelex partners H2O homes overseas to bring security to Europe's riskiest property market

Date: January 28, 2004
Foreign exchange specialist Travelex today announced a partnership with H2O homes overseas countrywide, the overseas division of Countrywide Assured, Europe's largest real estate and property service group.

Travelex launches Exchange Service for Britons seeking property abroad

Date: June 2003
The service, called Travelex Foreign Exchange for Homebuyers, aims to provide those looking for property outside the UK with a simple and efficient way of paying for a foreign property.