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1. ''Investment - trading.''
A system dealing with two-way exchanges of assets, often including money.
 
A traditional exchange is an open and organised marketplace in which commodities, securities or other financial instruments are traded.
 
Examples include stock exchanges such as the London Stock Exchange.
 
 
2. ''Investment - trading - other intermediaries.''
 
More broadly, any intermediary that facilitates a broad range of economic activities, and including intermediaries that may be less well-organised, and less secure for participants.
 
For example, cryptoasset exchanges.
 
 
3. ''Foreign currency.''
 
Relating to transactions between different currencies.
 
 
4. ''Financial and commercial transactions.''
 
Relating to a two-way flow of money or other value.
 
Contrasted with a one-way flow, such as a remittance.


Contrasted with funds transfer systems, which generally deal with one-way transfers of money only.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Bill of exchange]]
* [[Assured payment system]]
* [[Commodity]]
* [[Credit risk]]
* [[Convert]]
* [[Funds transfer system]]
* [[Cryptoasset exchange]]
* [[Transfer system]]
* [[Data exchange]]
* [[Exchange controls]]
* [[Exchange creditors]]
* [[Exchange difference]]
* [[Exchange-for-value system]]
* [[Exchange rate]]
* [[Exchange traded]]
* [[Exchange Traded Commodity]]
* [[Exchange-traded funds]]
* [[Financial instrument]]
* [[Foreign currency]]
* [[Foreign exchange]]
* [[Intermediary]]
* [[Margin]]
* [[Remittance]]
* [[Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Share for share exchange]]
* [[Stock exchange]]
* [[Translate]]
* [[Variation margin]]
* [[World Federation of Exchanges]]


[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 14:19, 23 October 2012

A system dealing with two-way exchanges of assets, often including money.

Contrasted with funds transfer systems, which generally deal with one-way transfers of money only.

See also