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This is a threshold at which insignificance becomes significance.
(MA-CUG).  


Often it is defined for particular circumstances in loan agreements, for example cross default shall not apply for late payment of a trade creditor for an amount less than a given threshold figure.
Companies can gain direct access to SWIFT via a MA-CUG sponsored by their bank.
However, unlike SCORE, a company can only communicate with its sponsoring bank.  


Materiality is also a fundamentally important concept in financial accounting.  
It has to join a MA-CUG for each bank with which it wants to communicate.


Relevant accounting standards, principles and disclosures need only be applied to material items.


Similarly in risk management, only material risks require active management. (While non-material risks can be retained and monitored periodically to ensure that they remain non-material.)
== See also ==
* [[Member]]
* [[Payments and payment systems]]
* [[Standardised corporate environment]]  (SCORE)
* [[Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications]] (SWIFT)


 
[[Category:Cash_management]]
== See also ==
* [[Cross default]]
* [[Default]]
* [[Loan agreement]]
* [[Risk management]]

Latest revision as of 05:37, 27 June 2022

(MA-CUG).

Companies can gain direct access to SWIFT via a MA-CUG sponsored by their bank.

However, unlike SCORE, a company can only communicate with its sponsoring bank.


It has to join a MA-CUG for each bank with which it wants to communicate.


See also