Each week the Finseta Team publish a blog or insight relating to trade, foreign currencies, global economics or international business.
This week was dominated by the threats of potential war in Ukraine which had markets on edge around the world. Most people will be breathing a sigh of relief as the week draws to a close and the borders of Ukraine remain intact. We were greeted by the grim news in the middle of the […]
Just like death and taxes, new government initiatives to spur economic growth are inevitable. Sometimes they are revolutionary, truly transformative programmes and sometimes they’re quietly shelved never to be spoken off again. As part of the current government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda, the creation of several new Freeports has been announced. According to the government’s website: […]
This week’s biggest economic news came first thing this morning with the ONS (Office for National Statistics) releasing figures showing surprisingly strong economic growth for the UK in 2021. Most headlines picked up on the fact that this was the strongest rebound since World War Two. The key figure being that GDP expanded by 7.5%. […]
We’d like to give a big welcome to Arindam Ray who became part of the Finseta team this week. Arindam is our new Lead Back-End Developer and joins us from fashion retailer Depop. Arindam will be focused on building out and developing Finseta’s online platform, creating new features and integrations.
This week we formally took over ownership of Capital Currencies LTD. We’re absolutely thrilled to welcome Craig, Heather, Beryl and Jo to the Finseta team. Existing customers of Capital Currencies can expect business as usual with the same levels of high quality personal service that Capital Currencies excels in. Reflecting on the acquisition, our CEO […]
In November last year, economic activity was back to where it was before the pandemic. Since then, the spread of Omicron meant people spent less, but as the number of new cases falls, we expect spending to go up again. The number of people out of work is going down. The unemployment rate is only […]