The Finseta Blog

As the period of mourning for Her late Majesty the Queen comes to an end, we thought it would be fitting to take a look at how the Pound Sterling has changed over the course of her long 70 year reign. The 10 shilling note was the first to feature the Queens image Banknotes with […]

The whole Finseta family joins the the rest of the UK, Commonwealth and wider world in mourning the tragic loss of our Queen. She was an inspiration for many and a great symbol for all. As a small token of respect we’ll be pausing our marketing activities during the mourning period for HM the Queen. […]

Yesterday the Queen appointed Liz Truss as Prime Minister. Following a brutally contested leadership contest which saw senior members of Britain’s governing party tear chunks out of each other and their shared party’s legacy, Truss won with 57% of the vote. Below we’ll take a look at what our new Prime Minister’s policy statements, comments and […]

As September began yesterday, we saw the official conclusion that August had been the worst month for Sterling since the aftermath of the Brexit referendum. August started with Sterling sitting at £1.21 to the US Dollar but over the course of month saw a slow and steady decline, ending down at £1.16. Not a good […]

Cornerstone FS PLC plc (AIM: CSFS), the cloud-based provider of international payment, currency risk management and electronic account services to SMEs, is pleased to announce that is has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Pangea FX Limited (“Pangea”), a specialist FX and treasury consultancy (the […]

The State of Israel was founded over 74 years ago in May 1948. In that time it has seen several economic crises, with many of its oldest citizens having been through four separate official currencies in their lifetime. Below we’ll take a look at the different currencies that have been used since the Israeli state […]