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An established global FX provider

Take a look at the American Express story and you’ll find a history rich with support for businesses like yours. We support your growth in the global marketplace with innovative payment solutions, competitive rates and dedicated relationships.

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• Supporting global growth
• Innovative payment solutions
• Relationships and rates

"I wanted to share with American Express my delight in having a friend at a time when I really needed one..." Customer, 1970s currency crisis

R&R&R – Relationships, Rates, Rewards

Our services have changed continually since 1850 – in line with changes to your needs. What hasn’t changed is our focus on providing you great relationships, rates, and rewards.

You benefit from a complete partnership that goes beyond competitive rates, including the reassurance that comes from having a personal relationship manager and the promise of Membership Rewards points on international payments¹.

Start transferring with R&R&R, confident you are partnered with an experienced and trustworthy international payments provider.

Relationship managers to support your business

Your business will benefit from a dedicated relationship manager at the end of a direct dial phone number – supported by our linked global trading desks, market experts and over a century of practical experience in foreign exchange. Your relationship manager will partner with you to:

• Support your foreign exchange trading and money exchange strategies
• Find the right international payment solutions for your business
• Manage your foreign exchange risk
• Assist you in using our online foreign exchange facilities
• Provide real-time insights, analysis and market commentary using insights from our premium financial services partner, Bloomberg (in addition to the daily market intelligence we offer via email in partnership with Bloomberg)
• Complement your existing local and global banking relationships

If you need to get speak to someone out of hours, you’ll have 24-hour, five-days-a-week customer service.

Find useful information on foreign exchange strategies in our FX Articles For Businesses

Rates that give you more

With our worldwide network, strong purchasing power and extensive interbank relationships we offer the rates you need:

• Consistently competitive exchange rates on over 133 currencies
• No set-up or maintenance fees
• Low transfer fees – from AUD $10.00²

And the information you need to support your payment methods:

• Rate alerts to your mobile
• Tailored information on market movements – including daily market intelligence from Bloomberg – so you’re in the picture and can work out the best time to transfer money
• Access to online subject-matter content:
  • The benefits of generating your transfer as close to home as possible
  • How the global nature of financial markets plays a major role in exchange rate movements

Rewards for your loyalty

If you have an American Express Card enrolled in the Membership Rewards^® program, FX International Payments can be even more rewarding. Your business can earn one point for every AUD$30.00 transferred internationally. Same currency money transfers (for example, GBP to GBP) are not eligible.

Points can be redeemed to reward employees, thank suppliers, or to pay for trips and treats, travel and shopping, dining and entertainment.

For more information, browse the Membership Rewards FAQs and a list of eligible American Express Cards that you can use to register in the program, or call Membership Rewards on 1300 363 276 any time between 0800 and 1800, Monday to Friday.