Founder

Justin Rampono

Justin is a financial services professional with over 20 years of experience in foreign exchange. He has worked in all levels of industry from banks to corporates to startups.

Most recently, he founded, built and sold thecurrencyshop.com.au, thecurrencyshop.co.nz and exiap.com

Qualifications

FINSIA Graduate Diploma ­ Applied, Finance and Investment 2002 - 2006 Curtin University Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting and Finance 1996 - 2000

Previous Experience

Founder
The Currency Shop
Helping clients save money by comparing exchange rates from foreign exchange companies and driving them better deal.

Articles written by Justin Rampono

Aussie dollar drifts lower ahead of Trade Balance figures

In short The Australian dollar falls below 69 cents against the US dollar Mixed results against other major currencies Australian and Chinese trade balance data including imports and exports due out later in the week Time Open Low High Today 0.6881 In the last week 0.6871 0.6929 In the last month 0.6714 0.6929 Overnight the AUD/USD drifted below 69 cents for the second time this week. It wasn’t all bad news for the local currency though. It remained broadly unchanged against the Euro, British Pound and New Zealand Dollar. With the RBA meeting done for another month, the markets attention […]

RBA holds its horses as the Australian dollar advances

In short The Australian dollar is up against the Euro, Yen and NZ dollar The RBA leaves interest rates on hold Australian trade balance data including imports and exports due out later in the week Time Open Low High Today 0.6890 In the last week 0.6850 0.6929 In the last month 0.6714 0.6929 The Australian dollar moved higher against the Euro, Yen and NZ dollar overnight, adding around 1%. Meanwhile, the AUD/USD rate traded either site of 69 cents despite some gains yesterday. Yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Australia met just before the Melbourne Cup. With little chance of an […]

AUD finds support as the RBA keeps rates on hold

In short The Australian dollar fell overnight but recovered after the RBA left rates on hold The central banks view on the Australian economy also remained largely unchanged Australian trade balance data including imports and exports due out later in the week Time Open Low High Today 0.6908 In the last week 0.6844 0.6929 In the last month 0.6714 0.6929 The Australian dollar gained against most major currencies after the RBA left interest rates on hold at 0.75% After nearly 3 years of no change, the central bank has cut rates 3 times this year in June, July and October. […]

Aussie Dollar dips on weak retail sales figures but recovers above 69 cents

In short The Australian dollar fell after soft retail sales figures but remained above 69 cents It recovered against the British pound (GBP), Japanese Yen (JPY) and Euro (EUR) but stayed down against the NZ dollar (NZD) RBA unlikely to cut rates on Melbourne Cup on Tuesday Time Open Low High Today 0.6915 In the last week 0.6813 0.6929 In the last month 0.6714 0.6929 The Australian dollar was under fire early in the week as soft retail sales data sent it south. Figures showed almost no growth in retail sales of 0.2% which was lower than the 0.4% from […]

Australian Dollar to Yen hits 75 for the first time in months

In short The Australian dollar hits a 3 month high against the Japanese Yen The AUD/JPY has not been above 75 since late July Japanese central bank leaves rates on hold but signals rates could fall further Time Open Low High Today 74.43 In the last week 73.98 75.28 In the last month 71.75 75.28 Yesterday, the Australian dollar continued to get stronger against most currencies including the Japanese Yen. It traded above 75 for the first time since late July before falling. The big news out of Japan was the central bank of Japan keeping interest rates on hold. […]

AUD to USD exchange rate reaches a 3 month high

In short The Australian dollar hits a 3 month high against the US dollar The US dollar was particularly weak but the Aussie dollar moved higher against most major currencies except the NZ dollar The AUD/USD is up more than 3% since the start of October Time Open Low High Today 0.6899 In the last week 0.6899 0.6812 In the last month 0.6899 0.6676 The Australian Dollar continued to charge higher overnight, hitting 69 cents for the first time since July. The AUD/USD has now gained close to 2 and half cents since bottoming out at 0.6676 earlier in the […]