What is Deliverable Foreign Exchange?
Deliverable foreign exchange is a term commonly used on an institutional level and less frequently on a corporate or consumer level. Term means a currency exchange with a cash settlement to the account.
On an operational level, it looks as follows: the client initiates an exchange with a cash settlement to the account. This means that the provider will take, say, EUR and settle USD on the client's account. In between those two, the provider will be earning a spread (or a margin) on the transaction.
Usually foreign exchange is settled on a T+2 basis, or two business days after the trade date. Some offshore currencies are settled on a T+1 basis, for example, USD/RUB.
What Are First-to-First Party Payments?
For some financial clients, deliverable FX settlement can be done only to the same bank account or a bank account that is in the name of the same client requesting the exchange. This is also called "first-party payment". Some financial clients will have such a requirement due to the risks of money laundering.
This means that the client will be performing third-party payments with another provider after the cash settlement is done.
In addition to this, some providers can require a list of correspondent banks to check the risks of money laundering, and this is called "standard settlement instructions". So the provider will agree with the client prior to any transactions as to which banks will be used for the settlement of cash.
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Conclusion
Deliverable foreign exchange is simply currency conversion with a cash settlement to the account.