2. INTERNATIONAL BANK
• An International bank is a financial entity that offers financial services, such
as payment accounts and lending opportunities, to foreign clients.
• These foreign clients can be individuals and companies, though every
international bank has its own policies outlining with whom they do business.
• Companies do business with international banks to help facilitate
international business, the complexities of which can be quite costly.
• Individuals work with international banks tax avoidance.
3. BENEFITS
• Safe and secure global access to your money 24/7
• Greater flexibility over your finances
• Simple and convenient to operate
• Offers one central location for all your banking requirements
• Unlimited access to foreign exchange
• Provides security against exchange rate fluctuations
• Grow and protect your money in a stable offshore jurisdiction
• Confidential service
4. FOREX MARKET
• Global decentralized market.
• Huge trading volume.
• This includes all aspects of buying, selling and exchanging currencies at
current or determined prices.
• Enables currency conversion.
• Most liquid financial market in the world.
7. MARKET PRACTICES IN INTERBANK
DEALING
Quotations
Indicative rates
Time limit
Market lots
Odd lots
Errors
8. TRANSACTION LIFE CYCLE
OF INTERBANK DEALS
• Adjust mismatches
• Take advantage of variations in forward premium or discount rates
• Seize opportunities on spread or arbitrage to earn profits
• Fund Nostro accounts
• Management of cash balances with overseas bank
• Maintain internal controls
• Risk management