Best British Pound / U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate Today: 1.2868
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Live rate: 1 GBP = 1.2868 USD (+0.13% )
Inverted: 1 USD = 0.7771 GBP
Provider | Exchange Rate | Fee | You Get | Service | Notes | Action |
Live Market Rate | 1.2868 | 0 | 1.2739 | |||
![]() | 1.2808 (indicative) | 0 | 1.2808 | International Payments and Transfers | Experts in international money transfers for business and individuals, delivering industry-beating exchange rates. | |
| 1.2778 (indicative) | 0 | 1.2778 | International Payments and Transfers | Indicative Dealing Desk Quote. Rate can only be applied to transfers in excess of £2000 equivalent. | |
![]() | 1.2703 | 0 | 1.2703 | Holiday FX, Cash Delivery | A specialist alternative to banks, bureau de change & the Post Office for clients seeking competitive currency exchange rates. A multiple award-winning company, offering free delivery (over £700.00), no commission charges, payment by Debit Card or Bank Transfer and typically offering the best exchange rates available. | |
![]() | 1.2701 | 0 | 1.2701 | Best Branch Collection | Also offer delivery and cash buyback services. Home delivery orders of £5 and above are accepted, for branch collection the minimum is £500. One of the highest rated companies we survey according to independent rating review providers. | |
![]() | 1.2868 | 0.47% | 1.2808 | Best Multi-Currency Card | One currency card for all your travels. Use it instantly as a digital card and top-up from the app, with the mid-market rate. 40+ currencies. Save up to 87% when you spend internationally. | |
Tesco Dollar Exchange Rate ![]() | 1.2580 | 0 | 1.2580 | High street travel money provider | Best dollar rate on the high street for tourists | |
Post Office Dollar Exchange Rate ![]() | 1.2558 | 0 | 1.2558 | High street travel money provider | Best dollar rate on the high street for tourists | |
Best Bank Rate ![]() | 1.2611 (upper range) | Variable | 1.2611 | Payments, transfers, holiday money | Determined using data on spread charges supplied by IMTI | |
Worst Bank Rate ![]() | 1.2418 (lower range) | Variable | 1.2418 | Payments, transfers, holiday money | Determined using data on spread charges supplied by Money Mover and Accourt | |
Paypal ![]() | 1.2289 | 0 | 1.2289 | International Payments and Transfers |
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January - 2024
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2732 Close: 1.2732 Mid: 1.2732 | 2 Open: 1.2731 Close: 1.2618 Mid: 1.2685 | 3 Open: 1.2618 Close: 1.2664 Mid: 1.2647 | 4 Open: 1.2665 Close: 1.2683 Mid: 1.2693 | 5 Open: 1.2683 Close: 1.2717 Mid: 1.2691 | 6 | |
7 | 8 Open: 1.2719 Close: 1.2749 Mid: 1.2720 | 9 Open: 1.2748 Close: 1.2710 Mid: 1.2728 | 10 Open: 1.2710 Close: 1.2741 Mid: 1.2715 | 11 Open: 1.2742 Close: 1.2762 Mid: 1.2732 | 12 Open: 1.2762 Close: 1.2751 Mid: 1.2753 | 13 |
14 | 15 Open: 1.2751 Close: 1.2729 Mid: 1.2739 | 16 Open: 1.2728 Close: 1.2635 Mid: 1.2677 | 17 Open: 1.2637 Close: 1.2679 Mid: 1.2646 | 18 Open: 1.2676 Close: 1.2707 Mid: 1.2678 | 19 Open: 1.2707 Close: 1.2702 Mid: 1.2688 | 20 |
21 | 22 Open: 1.2687 Close: 1.2708 Mid: 1.2710 | 23 Open: 1.2709 Close: 1.2688 Mid: 1.2698 | 24 Open: 1.2687 Close: 1.2725 Mid: 1.2728 | 25 Open: 1.2725 Close: 1.2711 Mid: 1.2712 | 26 Open: 1.2708 Close: 1.2704 Mid: 1.2717 | 27 |
28 | 29 Open: 1.2698 Close: 1.2711 Mid: 1.2691 | 30 Open: 1.2709 Close: 1.2700 Mid: 1.2681 | 31 Open: 1.2700 Close: 1.2686 Mid: 1.2705 |
February - 2024
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2688 Close: 1.2743 Mid: 1.2691 | 2 Open: 1.2744 Close: 1.2634 Mid: 1.2693 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 Open: 1.2634 Close: 1.2536 Mid: 1.2577 | 6 Open: 1.2535 Close: 1.2598 Mid: 1.2568 | 7 Open: 1.2598 Close: 1.2627 Mid: 1.2619 | 8 Open: 1.2626 Close: 1.2620 Mid: 1.2605 | 9 Open: 1.2617 Close: 1.2629 Mid: 1.2621 | 10 |
11 | 12 Open: 1.2634 Close: 1.2628 Mid: 1.2630 | 13 Open: 1.2628 Close: 1.2592 Mid: 1.2629 | 14 Open: 1.2593 Close: 1.2566 Mid: 1.2573 | 15 Open: 1.2566 Close: 1.2601 Mid: 1.2572 | 16 Open: 1.2600 Close: 1.2600 Mid: 1.2588 | 17 |
18 | 19 Open: 1.2605 Close: 1.2596 Mid: 1.2607 | 20 Open: 1.2596 Close: 1.2622 Mid: 1.2624 | 21 Open: 1.2622 Close: 1.2636 Mid: 1.2622 | 22 Open: 1.2638 Close: 1.2661 Mid: 1.2661 | 23 Open: 1.2660 Close: 1.2670 Mid: 1.2675 | 24 |
25 | 26 Open: 1.2680 Close: 1.2685 Mid: 1.2678 | 27 Open: 1.2685 Close: 1.2686 Mid: 1.2679 | 28 Open: 1.2685 Close: 1.2661 Mid: 1.2655 | 29 Open: 1.2662 Close: 1.2625 Mid: 1.2647 |
March - 2024
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2625 Close: 1.2656 Mid: 1.2632 | 2 | |||||
3 | 4 Open: 1.2655 Close: 1.2692 Mid: 1.2679 | 5 Open: 1.2692 Close: 1.2705 Mid: 1.2703 | 6 Open: 1.2705 Close: 1.2732 Mid: 1.2726 | 7 Open: 1.2732 Close: 1.2808 Mid: 1.2767 | 8 Open: 1.2809 Close: 1.2859 Mid: 1.2848 | 9 |
10 | 11 Open: 1.2860 Close: 1.2814 Mid: 1.2829 | 12 Open: 1.2814 Close: 1.2793 Mid: 1.2785 | 13 Open: 1.2793 Close: 1.2797 Mid: 1.2793 | 14 Open: 1.2797 Close: 1.2753 Mid: 1.2777 | 15 Open: 1.2753 Close: 1.2734 Mid: 1.2742 | 16 |
17 | 18 Open: 1.2738 Close: 1.2729 Mid: 1.2733 | 19 Open: 1.2729 Close: 1.2722 Mid: 1.2701 | 20 Open: 1.2722 Close: 1.2785 Mid: 1.2736 | 21 Open: 1.2786 Close: 1.2657 Mid: 1.2727 | 22 Open: 1.2657 Close: 1.2601 Mid: 1.2625 | 23 |
24 | 25 Open: 1.2598 Close: 1.2637 Mid: 1.2622 | 26 Open: 1.2636 Close: 1.2628 Mid: 1.2645 | 27 Open: 1.2628 Close: 1.2640 Mid: 1.2623 | 28 Open: 1.2640 Close: 1.2624 Mid: 1.2620 | 29 Open: 1.2624 Close: 1.2625 Mid: 1.2628 | 30 |
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April - 2024
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2631 Close: 1.2551 Mid: 1.2591 | 2 Open: 1.2552 Close: 1.2578 Mid: 1.2559 | 3 Open: 1.2578 Close: 1.2653 Mid: 1.2609 | 4 Open: 1.2653 Close: 1.2642 Mid: 1.2659 | 5 Open: 1.2642 Close: 1.2638 Mid: 1.2611 | 6 | |
7 | 8 Open: 1.2628 Close: 1.2655 Mid: 1.2639 | 9 Open: 1.2655 Close: 1.2678 Mid: 1.2679 | 10 Open: 1.2678 Close: 1.2540 Mid: 1.2613 | 11 Open: 1.2540 Close: 1.2553 Mid: 1.2545 | 12 Open: 1.2553 Close: 1.2449 Mid: 1.2493 | 13 |
14 | 15 Open: 1.2446 Close: 1.2446 Mid: 1.2467 | 16 Open: 1.2446 Close: 1.2426 Mid: 1.2439 | 17 Open: 1.2426 Close: 1.2454 Mid: 1.2450 | 18 Open: 1.2454 Close: 1.2437 Mid: 1.2459 | 19 Open: 1.2437 Close: 1.2370 Mid: 1.2418 | 20 |
21 | 22 Open: 1.2375 Close: 1.2350 Mid: 1.2346 | 23 Open: 1.2349 Close: 1.2449 Mid: 1.2395 | 24 Open: 1.2449 Close: 1.2464 Mid: 1.2446 | 25 Open: 1.2464 Close: 1.2514 Mid: 1.2490 | 26 Open: 1.2514 Close: 1.2494 Mid: 1.2495 | 27 |
28 | 29 Open: 1.2487 Close: 1.2563 Mid: 1.2528 | 30 Open: 1.2563 Close: 1.2492 Mid: 1.2527 |
May - 2024
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2492 Close: 1.2528 Mid: 1.2508 | 2 Open: 1.2528 Close: 1.2534 Mid: 1.2508 | 3 Open: 1.2534 Close: 1.2547 Mid: 1.2580 | 4 | |||
5 | 6 Open: 1.2548 Close: 1.2563 Mid: 1.2567 | 7 Open: 1.2562 Close: 1.2508 Mid: 1.2536 | 8 Open: 1.2508 Close: 1.2498 Mid: 1.2492 | 9 Open: 1.2498 Close: 1.2524 Mid: 1.2487 | 10 Open: 1.2524 Close: 1.2525 Mid: 1.2522 | 11 |
12 | 13 Open: 1.2520 Close: 1.2559 Mid: 1.2543 | 14 Open: 1.2559 Close: 1.2592 Mid: 1.2551 | 15 Open: 1.2592 Close: 1.2686 Mid: 1.2635 | 16 Open: 1.2686 Close: 1.2670 Mid: 1.2672 | 17 Open: 1.2670 Close: 1.2701 Mid: 1.2679 | 18 |
19 | 20 Open: 1.2694 Close: 1.2706 Mid: 1.2707 | 21 Open: 1.2706 Close: 1.2709 Mid: 1.2707 | 22 Open: 1.2709 Close: 1.2717 Mid: 1.2731 | 23 Open: 1.2717 Close: 1.2699 Mid: 1.2716 | 24 Open: 1.2699 Close: 1.2738 Mid: 1.2714 | 25 |
26 | 27 Open: 1.2733 Close: 1.2769 Mid: 1.2755 | 28 Open: 1.2769 Close: 1.2762 Mid: 1.2777 | 29 Open: 1.2762 Close: 1.2700 Mid: 1.2735 | 30 Open: 1.2700 Close: 1.2732 Mid: 1.2714 | 31 Open: 1.2732 Close: 1.2742 Mid: 1.2733 |
June - 2024
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 Open: 1.2732 Close: 1.2808 Mid: 1.2751 | 4 Open: 1.2808 Close: 1.2770 Mid: 1.2780 | 5 Open: 1.2770 Close: 1.2787 Mid: 1.2776 | 6 Open: 1.2787 Close: 1.2791 Mid: 1.2786 | 7 Open: 1.2791 Close: 1.2720 Mid: 1.2764 | 8 |
9 | 10 Open: 1.2723 Close: 1.2731 Mid: 1.2713 | 11 Open: 1.2731 Close: 1.2741 Mid: 1.2729 | 12 Open: 1.2740 Close: 1.2798 Mid: 1.2797 | 13 Open: 1.2798 Close: 1.2763 Mid: 1.2773 | 14 Open: 1.2763 Close: 1.2687 Mid: 1.2710 | 15 |
16 | 17 Open: 1.2685 Close: 1.2705 Mid: 1.2684 | 18 Open: 1.2705 Close: 1.2708 Mid: 1.2695 | 19 Open: 1.2708 Close: 1.2720 Mid: 1.2720 | 20 Open: 1.2720 Close: 1.2657 Mid: 1.2689 | 21 Open: 1.2657 Close: 1.2644 Mid: 1.2649 | 22 |
23 | 24 Open: 1.2635 Close: 1.2686 Mid: 1.2665 | 25 Open: 1.2686 Close: 1.2686 Mid: 1.2686 | 26 Open: 1.2686 Close: 1.2622 Mid: 1.2654 | 27 Open: 1.2622 Close: 1.2640 Mid: 1.2642 | 28 Open: 1.2640 Close: 1.2645 Mid: 1.2642 | 29 |
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July - 2024
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
1 Open: 1.2639 Close: 1.2650 Mid: 1.2671 | 2 Open: 1.2650 Close: 1.2685 Mid: 1.2652 | 3 Open: 1.2685 Close: 1.2743 Mid: 1.2728 | 4 Open: 1.2742 Close: 1.2760 Mid: 1.2754 | 5 Open: 1.2760 Close: 1.2815 Mid: 1.2786 | 6 | |
7 | 8 Open: 1.2794 Close: 1.2807 Mid: 1.2820 | 9 Open: 1.2807 Close: 1.2786 Mid: 1.2802 | 10 Open: 1.2786 Close: 1.2849 Mid: 1.2817 | 11 Open: 1.2849 Close: 1.2915 Mid: 1.2898 | 12 Open: 1.2915 Close: 1.2988 Mid: 1.2946 | 13 |
14 | 15 Open: 1.2963 Close: 1.2968 Mid: 1.2978 | 16 Open: 1.2968 Close: 1.2974 Mid: 1.2959 | 17 Open: 1.2974 Close: 1.3009 Mid: 1.3005 | 18 Open: 1.3010 Close: 1.2944 Mid: 1.2977 | 19 Open: 1.2944 Close: 1.2913 Mid: 1.2930 | 20 |
21 | 22 Open: 1.2916 Close: 1.2933 Mid: 1.2924 | 23 Open: 1.2933 Close: 1.2907 Mid: 1.2912 | 24 Open: 1.2907 Close: 1.2907 Mid: 1.2908 | 25 Open: 1.2907 Close: 1.2851 Mid: 1.2882 | 26 Open: 1.2851 Close: 1.2868 Mid: 1.2864 | 27 |
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Banks and financial institutions buy and sell currency from each other - these sizeable institutions are 'the market' and the rate they transact at is the 'market rate'. The difference between how much a currency is purchased and sold is the spread, which is essentially the difference between the buy and sell price.
But, when currency is sold by banks to retail customers that spread widens significantly and the profit on the transaction is therefore substantially larger.
Therefore when we focus on the transfer fee when sending money abroad we often miss the biggest cost: the exchange rate spread.
Foreign exchange providers have essentially recognised this and they enter the market to transfer money at tighter spreads, thereby saving potentially significant amounts of money for their clients simply by providing better exchange rates.
For example, the transfer of £100K into euros is expected to attract a rate that delivers between €112,480 and €113,296 with the UK's leading high street banks. But FCA authorised providers will provide a rate that delivers between €115,510 and €115,740 (using rates on 05/07/21).
Taking the time to work with a FCA regulated currency provider could therefore result in the delivery of an extra euros amount of between €2444 and €3030.
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