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  • Foreign Exchange & Interest Rate Management

     

  • Getting To Grips With Day To Day Risk

    The nature of your business, its international activities and the cycles specific to your industry affect your exposure to and tolerance of foreign currency and interest rate fluctuations. Silicon Valley Bank offers expert advice and a suite of products to help you to achieve certainty in uncertain times.


    Foreign Currency Exchange

    Spot Contract

    Purchase or sale of a specific amount of a foreign currency at a specified exchange rate immediately with delivery no more than two days later.

    Forward Contract

    Purchase or sale of a specific amount of a foreign currency at a specified exchange rate immediately with a delivery date in the future.

    Non-Deliverable Forward Contract

    Purchase or sale of a specific amount of foreign currency at a specified exchange rate immediately with a delivery date in the future for use when dealing in restricted currencies and no need to hold accounts in local currencies.

    Foreign Exchange Swap

    An agreement to exchange two currencies at a specified exchange rate at a certain time in the future.

    Currency Option

    Purchase the right (the "option"), but not the obligation, to buy or sell currency at a specified exchange rate on a specified future date.

     


    Interest Rate Management

    Swaps

    An agreement to exchange one floating or fixed rate of interest for another floating or fixed rate of interest in relation to a stream of future interest payments. Typically used to fix the rate of interest on a debt obligation.

     

 

Silicon Valley Bank is registered in England and Wales at 41 Lothbury, London EC2R 7HF, UK under No. FC029579. Silicon Valley Bank is authorised and regulated by the California Department of Financial Institutions and the United States Federal Reserve Bank; authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority with number 577295; and subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority and limited regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority. Details about the extent of our regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority are available from us on request. Silicon Valley Bank is a subsidiary of SVB Financial Group, a Delaware corporation and is an affiliate of SVB Financial Group UK Limited. SVB Financial Group UK Ltd is registered in England and Wales at 41 Lothbury, London EC2R 7HF, UK under No. 5572575 and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, with reference number 446159. SVB Financial Group and its subsidiary Silicon Valley Bank are members of the Federal Reserve System and Silicon Valley Bank is a member of the FDIC.

Silicon Valley Bank is covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme and by the Financial Ombudsman Service. In relation to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, please ensure that you review the important information on depositor preference that affects clients of Silicon Valley Bank in the UK.

 
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