The Finseta Blog

The Office for National Statistics recently released a bulletin detailing the total value of UK exports and imports of goods and services for November 2022. It also included final figures for 2021 which reveals which goods we were trading the most and who with. Let’s have a look at the biggest details and main points. […]

When you think of a Dollar, you probably think about the USA. Upon independence, the US Congress established the US Mint and declared the Dollar as the national currency in 1792. The Dollar is not an English term though, it’s actually the anglicised version of the German word ‘Thaler’ which was a coin first issued in […]

Over the last few weeks, there has been speculation that the countries of Argentina and Brazil are together planning on creating a currency union in Latin America.  We’ll take a look at this potential new currency in more detail below. A history of currency volatility… South America is used to new countries. Replacements and re-denominations […]

The Dinar is the name of a number of currencies, mainly in the Arab world. It is derived from the Latin word ‘Denarius’ which was the name of an ancient Roman coin.  Many ancient Islamic nations used a form of Dinar, with the most famous being the Gold Dinar used by the Umayyad Empire in […]

Dinar The Dinar is the name of a number of currencies, mainly in the Arab world. It is derived from the Latin word ‘Denarius’ which was the name of an ancient Roman coin.  Many ancient Islamic nations used a form of Dinar, with the most famous being the Gold Dinar used by the Umayyad Empire […]

With private aeroplanes currently lining the jetways of St.Moritz Airport and a large chunk of the world’s economic, political and business elite donning snow shoes, we thought it would be a good opportunity to take a deep dive into what exactly ‘Davos’ or more precisely ‘The World Economic Forum’ actually is. Some background… The World […]