Senior Content Editor

Christopher Nye

Christopher Nye has been writing about finance and currency for 15 years, following a career in the international hotel and cruise ship industries. He has been a copywriter for Barclays Bank and the NHS, freelance business and property writer, editor of the UK government’s Act on CO2 website and author of several travel and business books.

Why do interest rates impact currencies?

by Christopher Nye | Nov 18, 2024 | Currency Market Updates

Interest rates continue to be the main driver of exchange rates, and can have a huge impact on your international transactions, pension paid overseas or purchase of a property. So what is the relationship? And what can you do to ensure that a decision made in London,...

Understanding PMI, the global business poll that can hit your exchange rate

by Christopher Nye | Oct 24, 2024 | Currency Market Updates

What is a Purchasing Managers’ Index, or ‘PMI’, and why can it impact currency movements? We explain more about this type of data and why it’s such a useful indicator of how economies are performing. What is a PMI? Within our articles and currency notes, we often...

Managing currency payments for new-build property overseas

by Christopher Nye | Sep 23, 2024 | Regular Payments

How can you be sure of being able to make stage payments for a new-build property overseas, in another currency, when exchange rates keep changing? Understand how to take the stress out of buying new-build in another currency. When buying a property overseas more than...

Risk-on, risk-off and how it impacts your exchange rate

by Christopher Nye | Aug 16, 2024 | Currency Market Updates

War in Ukraine being taken back to the Russians, the potential for escalation in the Middle East… two obvious examples of global threats right now. Then there is the further risk of pandemics, the risk of an economic slowdown in the world’s biggest...

A commitment to service

by Christopher Nye | Jun 12, 2024 | Currency Market Updates

Bookended by two global crises, Peter and Mark’s decade running an award-winning hotel in France was eventful and rewarding. And at least efficient currency exchanges were something they could rely on. As Smart Currency celebrates its 20th year, we spoke to Peter...