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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT [6 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

De-risking refers to financial institutions closing the accounts of clients perceived as high risk for money laundering or terrorist financing abuse, namely money service businesses, nonprofit organizations, correspondent banks, and foreign embassies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

Instrument that allows trading of stocks on foreign exchanges when the country concerned will not allow foreign ownership of the stock of domestic firms. The shares are deposited with a bank in the country of incorporation and an affiliate or correspondent bank in other countries issues depositary receipts for the securities. They can then be traded on stock exchanges in the same way as other securities. Used, for example, in Korea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
DEF

Certificat émis par un établissement bancaire, négocié sur les marchés internationaux représentant la propriété d'un nombre déterminé d'actions d'une sociétés d'un pays autre que celui de la banque émettrice.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
  • Bolsa de valores
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Record 3 2003-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Negotiable Instruments (Commercial Law)
  • Banking
  • Trade
CONT

When a correspondent bank located in the country of the exporter confirms a letter of credit to the exporter by obligating itself to pay or accept his drafts, the instrument is called a confirmed letter of credit.... An unconfirmed letter of credit does not give the exporter this additional security. Exporters insist on confirmed letters of credit when the foreign issuing bank is not well known.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Effets de commerce (Droit)
  • Banque
  • Commerce

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos negociables (Derecho mercantil)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Comercio
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Record 4 1998-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

Canada has a leadership role within the "Agence de coopération culturelle et technique, "with the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade(DFAIT)... The Bureau was appointed by DFAIT as Canada's language-planning correspondent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Le Canada joue un rôle de premier plan à l'Agence par le truchement du Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international (MAECI)[...]. Le Bureau a été nommé correspondant canadien en aménagement linguistique par le MAECI.

Spanish

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Record 5 1997-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Negotiable Instruments (Commercial Law)
DEF

A draft drawn by a bank on a foreign correspondent bank.

Key term(s)
  • foreign bill of exchange

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Effets de commerce (Droit)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Instrumentos negociables (Derecho mercantil)
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Record 6 1991-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Sources (Journalism)
DEF

A news story transmitted to a newspaper, wire service, or the like, by one of its reporters, or by a wire service to a newspaper or other news agency.

CONT

The foreign correspondent(...) should be an effective writer, because his style contributes to the force of appeal made by his dispatches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sources d'information (Journalisme)
DEF

Information brève émanant d'une agence de presse ou d'un correspondant, transmise aux organes de presse par l'intermédiaire d'un télégraphe ou d'un téléscripteur.

Spanish

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