Practical know-how for running an exchange
Everything we've learned from real exchange operations — accounting, the ledger, reconciliation, remittance and compliance. No slogans, no fluff.
Multi-Branch Management and Inter-Branch Accounts — When an Exchange Grows
When the second branch opens, bookkeeping turns from a single cash box into a network. Consolidating the ledger, the inter-branch account, per-branch cash separation, and inter-branch settlement — a precise guide for multi-branch exchanges.
AccountingCurrency Exchange Accounting and Operations: The Complete Guide
A complete guide to currency exchange accounting and operations — general ledger, position and revaluation, cash and liquidity, customers, remittance, automation and reports, with links to every specialist guide.
AccountingHow to Set Exchange Service Fees
A fee is different from a spread. The spread is hidden in the rate; the fee is a separate line for the remittance service. A guide to setting the components of a remittance fee and why it should be recorded separately from the trade itself.
AccountingHow Exchange Profit Is Calculated — Where Profit Comes From and How to Compute It Precisely
A currency exchange's profit comes from spread, fees and revaluation. How to separate and correctly calculate these three so you know how much you really made, not an end-of-month guess.
AccountingMulti-Currency Accounting at a Currency Exchange — Each Currency, a Separate World
Why must each currency have its own independent account and position? The principles of multi-currency accounting at an exchange; holding each currency's balance, revaluation, and where real profit actually comes from.
AccountingWeighted Average Currency Cost — Know the True Cost of Each Currency
When you buy currency at different rates, what is the cost basis of each unit? The weighted average method and why, without it, exchange profit calculation comes out wrong.
AccountingThe Accounting Entry for Buying and Selling Currency — How to Record a Trade Correctly
What entry does each currency buy and sell create? A guide to the double-entry recording of an FX trade; what is debited, what is credited, and its effect on position and profit.
AccountingManaging Multi-Currency Cash and Liquidity at an Exchange
Several cash boxes in several currencies, physical counting, and the principle that you should never sleep on inflationary money overnight. A practical guide to exchange liquidity so no currency runs short and no money sits idle.
AccountingThe Exchange P&L Report — How to Read Your Real Profit
An exchange where every single deal was profitable still ends the month with less. The secret behind this paradox is separating operating profit from FX revaluation gains and losses. A guide to reading an exchange's Net Profit correctly.
AccountingManaging Receivables and Payables at a Money Exchange — Don't Let Debts Slip Away
In a money exchange, half your money is always in someone else's hands, or theirs is in yours. How to track debtors and creditors, close inter-dealer accounts, and drive forgotten receivables to zero.
Accounting7 Common Trade Entry Mistakes That Lead to Reconciliation Breaks
Most FX bureau reconciliation breaks do not come from major failures. They come from seven small, repeated trade-entry mistakes. Know them before the balances stop tying.
AccountingFX Position and Revaluation Profit — The Hidden Core of Bureau de Change Profit
Most exchange offices see trading profit but miss revaluation profit. What an FX position is, how realized and unrealized profit differ, and why weighted average cost changes everything.
AccountingWhat Is a Currency Exchange General Ledger, and How Do You Keep It Right?
A currency exchange general ledger is different from an ordinary business ledger: it must balance separately in every currency. A practical guide to multi-currency double-entry accounting, from chart of accounts to revaluation.
AccountingEnd-of-Day Reconciliation in an Exchange — A Practical Checklist
Closing the day is not an admin ritual; it is the cheapest insurance a bureau de change has. A seven-step day-close checklist, plus real ways to find breaks when balances do not tie.
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