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To close a market position, for example by selling an asset for cash. | To close a market position, for example by selling an asset for cash. | ||
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To turn any other asset - including the proceeds of crime - into cash. | |||
<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Frauds made easier by technology'''''</span> | |||
:"The frauds in Romania and the UK were both... made easier by technology (electronic payments can be liquidated more quickly and easily than cheques)." | |||
:''The Treasurer magazine, March 2017, p39 - Lesley Meall, freelance journalist specialising in technology and finance.'' | |||
Revision as of 06:47, 14 March 2017
1.
To sell the assets of a company (or other entity) in order to pay off debts, commonly involving the winding up of the entity.
2.
To close a market position, for example by selling an asset for cash.
3.
To turn any other asset - including the proceeds of crime - into cash.
Frauds made easier by technology
- "The frauds in Romania and the UK were both... made easier by technology (electronic payments can be liquidated more quickly and easily than cheques)."
- The Treasurer magazine, March 2017, p39 - Lesley Meall, freelance journalist specialising in technology and finance.