Exchange4free is a foreign exchange brokerage and service provider with offices in South Africa and the United Kingdom through which we service a large and growing private and corporate client base.

Exchange4free was originally started in the United Kingdom in 2003 where we are a registered money transfer agent who are authorised and regulated by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC). We currently service over 5,000 private and corporate clients worldwide and are able to offer our clients very competitive exchange rates and costs across a wide variety of currencies.

Our South African office was opened in 2007 with the aim to offer a more competitive foreign exchange product to the local South African market including both private and corporate clients. We operate through an intermediary agreement with a local South African bank who are an authorised dealer in foreign exchange by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) who are also registered with the Financial Services Board (FSB). All our South African business is transacted in strict accordance with exchange control and reserve bank regulations, and Exchange4free adhere to global anti-money laundering regulations.

Exchange4free are regulated in the following markets:

United Kingdom

Registered Money Service Business (MSB) registered with and regulated by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) 

South Africa

Registered with and regulated by the Financial Services Board (FSB). FSP Number 36093.

Mark Lawson - Director

Mark was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1976. He is qualified with a BComm Honours (Finance) as well as a business school qualification in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management. Mark also holds professional qualifications in Financial Risk Management (FRM) through the Global Association of Risk Professionals in the United States and is also a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) specialising in technical analysis of the financial markets. He started his career on the open-outcry trading floor of LIFFE in London and has since traded equities, foreign exchange and derivatives for various financial institutions in London and South Africa. Mark is currently a director of companies including the Exchange4free Group, as well as Addax Capital in London which is an FSA regulated entity providing trading, portfolio management and broking services to a client base of ultra high net worth private individuals and institutional clients.

Peter Filmer - Director

Peter originates from the Eastern Cape where he matriculated and completed his B.Comm accounts qualification at Rhodes University. Peter has worked for Deloitte & Touche Audit and Corporate Finance teams in Johannesburg before deciding to specialize in financial markets. Peter has completed his SAIFM exams and obtained his series 7 license which is a US trading qualification. Peter has traded equities on the NYSE, futures and options for a London based market maker and also worked for other financial institutions in London. Peter then decided to combine his business and trading experiences to set up and start Exchange4free.