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HERSTATT RISK Definition & Legal Meaning

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The cross currency risk when working hours of the banks to not meet due to time zones. It can cause a chain of cross defaults if business is not handles in a timely manner. A german bank called Bankhaus Herstatt is what it is named after when this occured

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