counterparty

noun coun·ter·par·ty \ ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌpär-tē \

|Updated on: 28 Jun 2018

Definition of counterparty

: a party to a financial transaction

Recent Examples of counterparty from the Web

The original proposal would have limited counterparty exposure between the largest banks to 10% of capital.

— lalita clozel, WSJ, "Fed Limits Credit Exposure Big Banks Can Have With Each Other," 14 June 2018
In business, sure, suddenly pulling out of a deal in order to scare your counterparty into meeting your terms can work, sometimes.

— jonah shepp, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump’s Credibility Problem Is Now America’s," 26 May 2018
The appeals court’s latest decision hinged on evidence regarding whether Mr. Litvak was acting as a principal in his own interest, or as an agent for a counterparty on the trade.

— chelsey dulaney, WSJ, "Former Jefferies Trader Litvak’s Conviction Is Tossed Out," 3 May 2018
Instead, as alleged, Pierce had forged counterparty signatures on contract after contract.

— aisha al-muslim, WSJ, "Former CEO of Alaska Telecom Firm Accused of Fraud," 12 Apr. 2018
On many smaller exchanges, that isn’t happening, and retail investors are exposing their money to a kind of counterparty risk from the exchanges themselves, said Jonathan Levin, chief executive of research firm Coinanlysis.

— paul vigna, WSJ, "Crypto Investing Comes With a Big Risk: The Exchanges," 3 Mar. 2018
Gecamines was a key counterparty in many of Gertler’s most lucrative copper deals.

— thomas wilson, Bloomberg.com, "Congo Bribery Probe Puts Israeli Billionaire’s Future on Hold," 23 Feb. 2018
In 2015, a counterparty paid $250,000 into her account.

— luke harding, Newsweek, "Is Donald Trump’s Dark Russian Secret Hiding in Deutsche Bank’s Vaults?," 21 Dec. 2017
With Citi’s deal, only one holdout counterparty, Credit Suisse , hasn’t settled with the bankruptcy estate.

— andrew scurria, WSJ, "Citi’s Lehman Settlement Closes Door on 2008 Post-Mortem," 2 Oct. 2017

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