Brian McCarthy - FEXCO(Stockbroking)
FEXCO was established as the Foreign Exchange Company of Ireland in 1981, offering Bureau de Change facilities through a vast network of retailers all over Ireland.
Since then, from its headquarters in Killorglin, FEXCO has become global payments company serving international customers and merchants with a range of diverse financial and tourism based products.
Fexco Global Payments:
Payment services benefit the corporate and consumer alike and these include:
- Western Union Money Transfer, the world's largest network of money transfer agents and the fastest way to send money to anywhere in the world;
- Dynamic Currency Conversion, international credit card processing service offering cardholders the opportunity to pay for goods and services in their native currencies;
- Stockbroking, both execution only and full advisory share dealing service;
- Vat Refunds, reclaiming tax on goods and services on behalf of overseas business and tourist travellers;
- International Corporate Payments, offering international payments on behalf of businesses that need to pay suppliers overseas.
- Tourism and Travel Related Services includes FEXCO AllTravel, incorporating:
- Go Ireland, the premier online reservation system for tourists wishing to stay anywhere on the island of Ireland;
- Nova Car Hire, online broker for car hire, getting the best deals on hire in over 40 countries;
- Places To Stay, a leading international consumer travel website with over 5,000 destinations in over 160 countries;
- eDirectory.ie, Ireland's first online shopping site with thousands of products from hundreds of retailers and also serves as a portal for many major sites such as MSN.ie.
Fexco Global Contact Centres:
FEXCO manages call centres providing customer services for Western Union,
All Travel, Carelines and Prize Bonds. Western Union operates Call centres
in Killorglin, Caherciveen, Madrid and Trelleborg, Sweden.
Carelines manage a team of Consumer Response Specialists who operate information
services for Global Brands including Coca-Cola (Irl), Diageo (Guinness Ireland & Guinness
UK), Unilever and Danone Foods.
FEXCO has managed the administration of Prize Bonds since 1989. Managing transactions in excess of €150 million annually, it services almost 7 million accounts from 7am to 8pm from Monday to Friday.
The company has operations in Ireland, UK, Spain, Malta, Australia, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, USA and Dubai, UAE.
FEXCO has benefited greatly from its locations in Killorglin, Dingle and Caherciveen. The availability of a willing, well-educated workforce at all levels is a key factor in its success. Combination of supreme skilled customer service agents together with state of the art computer and communications technology ensures that FEXCO remains at the cutting edge with innovative product alternatives to the mainstream marketplace.
Making commerce easier, faster and more economical is the underlying mission of the company. Teamwork encourages higher performance, and working closely with the client, the staff has a genuine belief to do the very best for its Clients' customers.