Eurodollar bank does not usually have an account with the FED. Otherwise they are part of normal dollar system.
Fun thing is - swift does not actually move the money, it's a messaging protocol to agree on how the movement is done.
Eurodollar bank does not usually have an account with the FED. Otherwise they are part of normal dollar system.
Fun thing is - swift does not actually move the money, it's a messaging protocol to agree on how the movement is done.
well, not directly, but there must be a corresponding bank (account) which does. Otherwise they couldn't endup in a US bank, could they?
(I know that swift is more of a protocol).
How they settle balance sheets is probably up to them, isn't it? It's really been a while since I read how all that works.
Yes. Banks have accounts with other banks with balance. They can top them up short term with repo, long term with fx trade. It's basically a deposit account called nostro account. The key here is that eurodollars switch to dollars backed by reserves (central bank money) there.