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The Hot New Model In Foreign Exchange

Forget about price transparency. Companies are building on e-FX trading to streamline and speed their systems by achieving straight-through processing

By Staff Writer | Updated on January 01, 2004

Trading foreign exchange via the Internet has matured in just a few years from a technological novelty to a standard way of doing business. While companies initially started trading electronically because it promised faster, easier price discovery and tighter pricing, some now are deriving even more benefits by using it as a gateway to straight-through processing.

Straight-through processing means being able to do a trade and then convey the data about the trade back into the company’s accounting system without re-keying any information. That doesn’t sound like an earth-shattering development, but it can save companies a lot of time. One company, General Electric Co., has taken the concept even further by building hedge documentation into its system.

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