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In foreign exchange markets, where currencies are traded, dollars are involved in nearly 90% of all transactions. The dollar is the preferred currency for investors during major economic crises, as a safe haven currency.

Cross currency settlement refers to a transaction or cross currency pair that does not use the U.S. dollar. In an international foreign exchange market, also known as a spot market, buying and selling foreign currencies means that there will be two currencies involved in the transaction.

A corporate FX transaction involves a bank, on behalf of their corporate client, paying for the currency it sold at an agreed rate to another bank and receiving a different currency in return for the funds being cleared and settled in the local clearings.

A local currency is the currency most commonly used within a country. This is usually the national currency. Thus, the U.S. dollar might be accepted in the United Kingdom, but the local currency there is the pound, since that is the national currency and the currency in which most transactions are settled.

Settlement currency is the currency a vendor selects to be paid out in and the currency in which funds are sent to the vendor's bank account. You can have one settlement currency or multiple, depending on the functionality of your payment processor and the availability of accounts.

It's often best to pay in the local currency to avoid these extra markups, whatever debit card you're using. But it's worth double-checking. If you're using other debit cards abroad, paying in local currency might not necessarily help you get the best rate.

Cross-currency settlement risk is a type of settlement risk in which a party involved in a foreign exchange transaction sends the currency it has sold but does not receive the currency it has bought. In cross-currency settlement risk, the full amount of the currency purchased is at risk.