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joe_mambayesterday at 7:52 PM2 repliesview on HN

Isn't the whole point of the City of London, to be a legal money laundering economic zone, that brings banks, corporations, money and jobs to the UK?


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jordanbyesterday at 10:29 PM

Specifically the Eurodollar is the main reason for the City of London to exist.

Eurodollars are US dollar deposits at European banks. Originally these were used as a way to give the Soviet Union access to the dollar markets through French banks, but eventually it became a way for basically anyone to participate in dollar exchange who can't have a US bank account.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurodollar

echelon_muskyesterday at 8:06 PM

Pretty much, yes.