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* [[Foreign exchange settlement risk]]
* [[Foreign exchange settlement risk]]
* [[Payments and payment systems]]
* [[Payments and payment systems]]
== External Link ==
* A comprehensive historical account of the Herstatt crisis by Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol is available here[http://tiny.cc/8ct73x]. ‘Trust is good, control is better’: The 1974 Herstatt Bank Crisis and its Implications for International Regulatory Reform, Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol, Business History, Vol. 57, Iss. 2, 2015, ISSN 0007-6791 (Print), 1743-7938 (Online).

Revision as of 14:52, 3 October 2015

Continuous linked settlement

Foreign exchange settlement risk caused by delays arising from time-zone differences.

Named after Herstatt Bank, which went into compulsory liquidation in 1974, having received funds but not paid out under a number of significant intra-day cross-border transactions.


See also

External Link

  • A comprehensive historical account of the Herstatt crisis by Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol is available here[1]. ‘Trust is good, control is better’: The 1974 Herstatt Bank Crisis and its Implications for International Regulatory Reform, Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol, Business History, Vol. 57, Iss. 2, 2015, ISSN 0007-6791 (Print), 1743-7938 (Online).