Foreign Exchange Spots and Forwards

Whether you need to change money to support payments or purchases in a foreign currency (e.g. a house overseas), want to reduce the risk of adverse price movements of non-sterling investments (e.g. rental income from a holiday home) or are looking to buy and sell currencies for profit, you may want to consider foreign exchange transactions.

  • Spot - take an offered price for currency exchange
  • Forward - agree to buy or sell at an agreed price on an agreed future date
  • Exchange provided on most world currencies, including:
    - Sterling, US dollars and euros
    - Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, Hong Kong dollars, Japanese yen, New Zealand dollars, Singapore dollars and Swiss francs
    - Other currencies on confirmed request

Please note that Forwards are only available on amounts of £25,000 (or currency equivalent) or more. Booking a spot price is generally only available on amounts of £25,000 (or currency equivalent) or more.

How to apply

If you are not currently a Barclays Wealth International client, our minimum qualifying criteria is either:

  • an annual gross income of £24,000 or more (or currency equivalent) deposited into a Barclays Wealth account; or:
  • £5,000 or more (or currency equivalent) across the accounts you hold with us.

If you meet the above criteria please select one of the following options to apply for our products and services:

Call us on +44 (0)1624 684 316†.

If you are an existing client you can apply for our products and services by selecting one of the options below:

Call us on +44 (0)1624 684 316†.

† Lines are open 7am to 8pm weekdays and 8am to 5pm weekends and UK bank holidays local time. Call charges may vary. Please check with your local telecoms provider. Calls may be recorded for training and security purposes.

The products and services described on this page are provided by the following companies, which are part of Barclays Wealth: Barclays Bank PLC in London, Barclays Private Clients International (Gibraltar) Limited in Gibraltar and Barclays Private Clients International Limited in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. For further Information on these companies and Barclays Wealth please read the Important Information.