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  2. Money changer - Wikipedia

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    Money changers would assess a foreign coin for its type, wear and tear, and validity, then accept it as deposit, recording its value in local currency. The merchant could then withdraw the money in local currency to conduct trade or, more likely, keep it deposited: the money changer would act as a clearing facility .

  3. Resorts World Sentosa - Wikipedia

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    Resorts World Sentosa (abbreviation: RWS) is an integrated resort on the island of Sentosa, which is located off the southern coast of Singapore.The key attractions within RWS include one of Singapore's two casinos, Universal Studios Singapore theme park (which is the second Universal Studios theme park in Asia after Universal Studios Japan and the first in Southeast Asia) the Adventure Cove ...

  4. Exchange rate - Wikipedia

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    The key currency generally refers to a world currency, which is widely used for pricing, settlement, reserve currency, freely convertible, and internationally accepted currency. Cross rate: After the basic exchange rate is worked out, the exchange rate of the local currency against other foreign currencies can be calculated through the basic ...

  5. Currency swap - Wikipedia

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    A cross-currency swap's (XCS's) effective description is a derivative contract, agreed between two counterparties, which specifies the nature of an exchange of payments benchmarked against two interest rate indexes denominated in two different currencies.

  6. Foreign exchange market - Wikipedia

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    The foreign exchange market (forex, FX (pronounced "fix"), or currency market) is a global decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of currencies. This market determines foreign exchange rates for every currency. It includes all aspects of buying, selling and exchanging currencies at current or determined prices.

  7. Foreign exchange company - Wikipedia

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    Currency Solutions 31 March 2020 £144,559 Foreign Currency Direct 31 October 2020 (£3,105,409) Global Reach Group: 31 December 2019 (£4,036,000) Halo Financial 31 March 2020 (£237,887) HiFX (XE Money Transfer) 31 October 2020 £1,387,000 Moneycorp [nb 1] 31 December 2019 (£5,428,000) TorFX 30 June 2020 £15,015,000 WorldFirst UK Ltd

  8. Floating exchange rate - Wikipedia

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    A currency that uses a floating exchange rate is known as a floating currency, in contrast to a fixed currency, the value of which is instead specified in terms of material goods, another currency, or a set of currencies (the idea of the last being to reduce currency fluctuations). [2]

  9. Dynamic currency conversion - Wikipedia

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    A currency conversion service was offered in 1996 and commercialized by a number of companies including Monex Financial Services [7] and Fexco. [8]Prior to the card schemes (Visa and MasterCard) imposing rules relating to DCC, cardholder transactions were converted without the need to disclose that the transaction was being converted into a customer's home currency, in a process known as "back ...