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Foreign Exchange Means of Payment Exclusion

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Background

FX forwards used for the purposes of payment facilitation (eligibility criteria below) are not classed as financial instruments. Rather they are treated in the same way as spot FX, and are therefore not be subject to certain financial regulations (such as MiFID 2 and EMIR (and the UK onshored versions)).