By by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London, 15 December, 2015
HSBC has begun offering a new fee-free retail currency account targeted at the increasing number of people from the UK working, living, or travelling abroad. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | South Africa | Finance | Currency | banking | Australia | Singapore | professionals | Hong Kong | New Zealand | currency | retail | Japan | Africa
By Dex Tennyson, for ExpatBriefing.com, 23 September, 2014
Expats in the US will see changes as a result of Obama's healthcare reforms, according to a recent survey, which showed that employers are considering significant changes to the plans they offer their employees to cut costs. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | compliance | tax | business | speculation | insurance | employees | retail | Expats
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 18 September, 2014
Standard Chartered, a bank, has released a new report that looks at 30 countries' efforts to improve residents' access to banking services. The report presents a heatmap of how the countries fare based on 12 indicators of inclusion, including access to ATM machines, payments made by credit or debit card, savings, and the uptake of loans. Read full story »
Tags: Pakistan | Niger | Nigeria | banking | financial services | Singapore | Thailand | Bangladesh | Brazil | Canada | Egypt | Germany | Hong Kong | Indonesia | Kenya | Malaysia | Uganda | regulation | retail | Ghana | Vietnam | services | Expats | Africa | Middle East | Lifestyle | Lifestyle
By Dex Tennyson, for ExpatBriefing.com, 15 September, 2014
Expats living in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, or the UK are now able to use their bank accounts online to fund Western Union money transfers. Read full story »
Tags: Belgium | Netherlands | banking | United Kingdom | Austria | Germany | retail | services | Expats | Money Transfers | Lifestyle | Lifestyle
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 25 April, 2014
An index measuring the investment sentiment of individuals in Japan remained low in April, having increased slightly from March, according to Japanese financial holdings company Nomura Holdings, the publisher of the index. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | environment | investment | marine | equity investment | Australia | food | manufacturing | Brazil | construction | currency | retail | Japan | Ukraine | services | Expats | Invest
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 24 April, 2014
The European Fund and Asset Management Association has welcomed the adoption by the European Parliament of two important pieces of legislation to enhance safeguards for individual investors. Read full story »
Tags: Insurance | investment | European Commission | investment funds | legislation | standards | regulation | retail | Expats | Investment | Europe | Invest | Investment
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 23 April, 2014
Spanish bank Banco Santander is seeking to expand its business in China, where it has several agreements to develop its consumer finance and investment banking business, according to chairman Emilio Botín. Read full story »
Tags: investment | business | training | banking | China | agreements | professionals | Hong Kong | Spain | retail | services | Expats
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 22 April, 2014
Singapore-based Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd has announced that it will expand its business in Greater China by fully acquiring Hong Kong-listed Wing Hang Bank Ltd. Read full story »
Tags: business | banking | capital markets | entrepreneurs | China | Macau | Singapore | Taiwan | offshore | Hong Kong | Indonesia | Malaysia | retail | trade | services | Expats | Banking
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 10 April, 2014
British bank Barclays has announced that it has agreed to sell its retail banking business in the United Arab Emirates to Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank for AED650m (USD177m). Read full story »
Tags: United Arab Emirates | investment | business | banking | education | retail | Expats | Banking
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 27 February, 2014
The European retail property sector ended 2013 on a high note with quarterly volumes soaring 75 percent to their highest since 2007, according to commercial real estate service firm Cushman & Wakefield. Read full story »
Tags: Russia | Western Europe | investment | real-estate investment | Ireland | Portugal | interest | accounting | real-estate | France | Germany | Greece | Italy | Poland | Spain | retail | Expats | Investment | Europe | Invest | South America | Investment