Driving in Europe
Doing a road-trip across Europe is a great way to see places, experience different cultures and try different food. Just make sure your planning isn’t just the route and where you are going to...
Author: Simon Lynch
Fraud on Western Union (and elsewhere)
Western Union has just made a settlement with the FTC in the US. They will be paying $586 Million – quite a lot of this will go to lawyers, the rest will go only to people in...
Scam banging
The Internet is a complicated place – for every positive thing that happens there, like a kid in a less-developed country getting funding for medical treatment or more visibility on governments doing bad stuff,...
Paris – our hearts are with you
As the stupidity of another terrorist attack unfolds, sadness for the state of humanity will shortly follow. Conflict in terms of war has been present since at least the beginning of human society; it...
Our expat communities now have Events
We’re happy to announce we have just brought Events out of beta. This means community members can now post their events and we can get the news out and help them make them a...
4 top tips for an international move
No-one looks forward to moving house, when you’re moving country at the same time there is even more to get done. It can seem there are too many things to do and not enough...
Thailand takes top spot for expats
HSBC International is soon to release the full results from its 2011 Expat Explorer survey. In their preview, Thailand comes out top of the league table for lifestyle and economic factors. Bahrain was last...
Opinionated expat? Have your say!
Three years ago, HSBC launched a global expat survey with the goal of learning more about the opinions of expats. Key findings from the 2010 included: Emerging economies remain on top for expat finances Wealth...
New series of guides for expat finance
The Guardian and HSBC have launched a series of guides for expat finance. The first installment is online now: Expat Guide to Money Management. Lisa Wood, Head of Marketing at HSBC Bank International, said: Starting a...
How to find a job abroad
No local experience? You’ve filled out the forms, jumped through the migration hoops and arrived in your country of choice with your skill in demand. Now come the job offers – or not?...
