South Africa, a country which offers a diverse integration of cultures, expressions,  as well as vast yet unique habitats – from the wilderness to the urban jungle with everything in between. This country is on its way up in markets and offers immense opportunity for those living abroad. That said it is no wonder their is a large expat community that spreads across the country. An instance of the immense community can be seen in the estimated number of British nationals living in the country – there are approximately 212 000 British expats in SA alone. Since demoncracy the numbers of expats have flourished in the country – from 2nd home-owners looking to invest in property abroad, family immigration, married a South African or business folk exploring the flesh of Africa.

Expats living in South Africa

So, if you are an expat – no matter what brought you to South Africa, you are here taking on the adventure in your stride. Now, we know there are forums where you can network and build an online community of information, navigation and just simply a place to connect with others in a similar situation. Also with the splurge of social media networks, it really makes the world a smaller place! We would like to help you in other areas – as an information provider and as a helper for you online. So what information can we bring to the table? What articles would you like to read up on/information are you looking for?

What Globalfundi finance has to offer is something quite different – we are a South African company – that have family and friends that are expats living in the country. What we have noticed is that you are somewhat nailed in the financial arena – sending money to your family back home, negotiating payments with employers abroad – each of these is costly for you as you get a lump bump chewed right out of your money from under your nose.

International money transfers for expats

If you are making international money transfers we recommend consulting a South African based company with international affiliates – like Globalfundi – get assistance from in house. As said before if you use a banking institute you could very well be paying a fee every step of the way – commission often up to 2% of your total transfer amongst other fees – such as transfer duty and the like.

What Globalfundi can do is assist with your forex transfers, forex, trading, credit checks, and homeloans, property transfers and insurance from an online platform. We offer a secure service, with a trackable system, where no administration costs are incurred and all at your convenience all you have to do is log on and fill out our quotation form in the right margin.