Omar Tamo

Omar is a Lebanese Foreign Exchange specialist and an author and reporter with L’Orient Today, English publication of L'Orient Le Jour newspaper. He is also a pro-revolution political activist, famous for spreading economic and financial awareness through his Twitter account which has more than 13k followers at the moment. He is one of the famous ‘nerds’ fighting corruption and misinformation continuously.

The Cash Crunch: An Expats’ Liquidity Handbook

Remittances into Lebanon  Bank-Only Transfers Local Lebanese “fresh fund” accounts give holders access to money in three major foreign currencies. Those are US Dollars, Euros and British Pounds, depending on currency availability. Foreign Exchange (FX) account holders can withdraw USD in cash fairly easily through select ATMs or ITMs across Lebanon. “FX” account holders can […]