2015 |
Travelex launches the Supercard pilot. Supercard is the only product of its kind that lets customers spend with their debit or credit card abroad without paying international roaming fees. After a highly successful pilot test, the new product will launch summer 2016 |
2015 |
Travelex secures licence to import and export foreign currency and commence a wholesale business in China |
2015 |
Travelex becomes the first exclusive foreign exchange provider at Heathrow Airport |
2015 |
Anthony Wagerman is appointed CEO |
2015 |
Dr Shetty and Mr Saeed Bin Butti buy Travelex |
2014 |
Travelex starts its digital transformation strategy, spearheaded by Chief Digital Officer Sean Cornwell |
2013 |
Travelex begins trading in Panama, becoming the first Travelex-branded store in Latin America |
2011 |
Travelex sells its card programme management business to Mastercard for £290 million, and sells Travelex Global Business Payments to Western Union for £606 million in order to focus on the consumer |
2011 |
Travelex purchases a shareholding in FX Africa and announces the acquisition of Grupo Confidence in Brazil |
2011 |
Peter Jackson is appointed the CEO of Travelex |
2009 |
First foreign exchange ATM in Asia-Pacific goes live in Brisbane Airport |
2008 |
Travelex opens stores in Beijing Airport |
2007 |
Travelex opens in Auckland Airport |
2005 |
Apax becomes Travelex's majority shareholder |
2004 |
Travelex lands China |
2003 |
Travelex opens in Oman, its first store in the Middle East |
2003 |
The Travelex ticket season at the National Theatre is born |
2003 |
Travelex India is born |
2003 |
Travelex sponsors the ITV Rugby World Cup and Jonny Wilkinson |
2001 |
Travelex acquires Thomas Cook Financial Services for £440 million |
1999 |
Travelex acquires Barclay's foreign exchange in the UK, kick starting our vault operations |
1998 |
3i become shareholders after buying out Abbey National and Hombros in a seven-year deal |
1995 |
Abbey National buys a 33 percent stake of Travelex as we take over Abbey National's foreign exchange |
1993 |
Travelex takes over Mutual of Omaha, procuring stores in 50 terminals at 34 airports across the US |
1990 |
Travelex opens in Brisbane's domestic terminal |
1989 |
Travelex opens branches in New York's John F. Kennedy Airport |
1986 |
Travelex become the first non-bank foreign exchange provider at Heathrow Terminal 4 |
1985 |
Travelex opens in Belgium's cruise terminal Zeebrugge |
1984 |
Travelex opens first overseas branch in the Netherlands at North Sea terminal, Rotterdam |
1982 |
Travelex opens its first ferry outlet on board the P&O ferry serving Rotterdam |
1979 |
Travelex opens first foreign exchange bureau on the road to the Dover seaport |
1978 |
Travelex's third store opens in Oxford Circus, London |
1977 |
Travelex's second store opens in Cromwell Road, London |
1976 |
Lloyd Dorfman opens the first Travelex store in Southampton Row, London |