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FX swap - Financial definition

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Translations:      FR  foreign exchange swap (n.m.) , FX swap (n.m.) , swap de change (n.m.)     ES  FX swap (n.m.) , swap de tipo de cambio (n.m.)     DE  Devisenswap (n.m.) , Foreign Exchange Swap (n.m.) , FX-Swap (n.m.) 
Synonyms:  foreign exchange swap, forex swap

  Concise definition of the term FX swap

A contractual agreement between two counterparties to exchange an amount of one currency against another at an agreed rate, and simultaneously to exchange the two currencies in the opposite direction at the fx swap's maturity, also at a predetermined rate.

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Foreign exchange  •  Foreign exchange rate  •  FX forward  •  FX spot

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