Interchange & ZamPost 21st century remittance coverage across a nation

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Interchange & ZamPost 21st century remittance coverage across a nation

Interchange’s Joint Venture with the Zambian Post Office – ZamPost – has opened its first location in the bustling Cairo Road Post Office in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. There has been an immediate and encouraging demand for its Western Union service. The money transfer service will now be rolled out to 9 additional post offices in the Capital – Lumumba Road, Freedom Way, UNZA, UTH, National Assembly, Northmead, Chelstone, Ridgeway and Woodlands. Over a 100 regional ZamPost branches will… [Read More →]

10/12/2020

Interchange offers Western Union Money Transfers with Nigerian Post Office, NIPOST

INTERCHANGE has signed a Tripartite Agreement with NIPOST and WESTERN UNION to offer money transfer services for the Nigerian postal services network. NIPOST has more than 5,000 employees and 1,200 post offices serving the country‘s 200 million citizens. It is Nigeria’s largest retail service. Western Union is a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, with a large network of retail agent locations in more than 200 countries and territories. Talking about this new operation, the Managing Director… [Read More →]

South Africa 09/12/2019

Interchange opens an exchange office in the new Prague shopping mall, ‘Prague the Style Outlets’

Interchange Czech Republic opens another exchange office in the newly opened shopping mall, ‘Prague the Style Outlets’ in Prague West, just a few minutes from the city’s Vaclav Havel Airport and a half hour drive from the centre of town. ‘Prague The Style Outlets’ is expected to be a shopping magnet for both local visitors and travellers visiting Prague, with its range of sought-after global retail brands, many of whom are making their first entry into the Czech Republic. Well-known… [Read More →]

Czech Republic 01/06/2018

Interchange opens three new foreign exchange offices in the centre of Budapest

Interchange Hungary has expanded its network by opening in three new locations in Budapest. The aim is to make its foreign exchange and Western Union services as easily available as possible for customers around the neighbourhood of the Synagogue and Gozsdu Court. In addition to the cashier service, there are also new ATMs installed at each of the sites. One new exchange office is located on Dohány street, right opposite the Synagogue, the second is on the corner of the… [Read More →]

Hungary 16/05/2018

Interchange opens a new foreign exchange office in Bratislava Airport, Slovakia

Interchange has opened in Slovakia with its first branch in Bratislava’s international airport. The branch offers a range of services – foreign exchange, money transfer and ATMs. Talking about the company’s expansion into Slovakia, Daniel Pajak, the Country Director of the neighbouring Austrian operation said: „We are very excited about entering the Slovak market, and by establishing a new partnership with Bratislava Airport we will be able to offer our services at an increasingly popular international airport, which offers us… [Read More →]

Slovakia 04/04/2018

New foreign exchange office at the Katowice train station

Interchange Poland has recently opened a new foreign exchange office at the Katowice train station, the largest train station in Poland based on the number of connections. This means that Interchange now has its foreign exchange offices in four different train stations; the new one at Katowice, plus the existing offices at Krakow, Gdynia and Wroclaw. The opening of a fourth foreign exchange office in Katowice train station considerably strengthens our business partnership with Polish Railways, and confirms our position as… [Read More →]

Poland 23/01/2018

Interchange raises more than CZK 240,000 for the People in Need organisation through its public collection boxes at Václav Havel Airport Prague and its own contribution

Interchange raised more than CZK 120,000 during 2017 for the People in Need organisation (‘PIN’) through its collection boxes at Václav Havel Airport Prague. The company has now matched the collection by donating the same amount itself, giving a total donation of almost a quarter of a million Czech crowns. All of the money donated will go to PIN’s public collection known as “a Better School for Everyone” which focuses on the education of children living in difficult conditions. Through… [Read More →]

Czech Republic 11/01/2018

New Chief Operations Officer appointed for the Interchange Group

Interchange starts the New Year with the appointment of Carl Van Hauwe as its new Group COO. Carl has strong industry experience, most recently as Head of Key Account Management across Europe for Travelex. Previously he ran and developed Travelex’s businesses in a number of European countries, including Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Commenting on this new appointment, Alastair Holberton, the CEO of Interchange, said “Carl is a great choice for us, he will enhance our operational excellence… [Read More →]

Group 05/01/2018

Interchange launches its online calculator in all European countries in which it operates, as well as the USA

The Interchange online calculator has been very successful in the Czech Republic, where it has been running as part of a pilot programme since the summer of 2016, and where it has seen a steady growth in online orders. During the course of 2017, the online calculator has been rolled out through many of the other Interchange operations and this useful online service is now also available in Austria, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain and the USA. The online calculator… [Read More →]

Group 18/12/2017

Interchange Executive visits South African operation

The Interchange Management Executive visited Johannesburg in early December, not to escape the European winter, but to witness the Group’s rapidly growing Southern African operations. Managing Director, Adrian Coetzee is shown here with his colleagues in the Sunnypark Mall Branch in Pretoria where trialling of its new MTM capability is taking place. MTM will allow automated money transfer from more remote locations across the country. Local staff were delighted to meet many of the Group’s senior managers. The team were… [Read More →]

Group 15/12/2017