Currency

Table of Contents

• Description
• Examples
• Cookbook
• F.A.Q.
• API Documentation

Description

Financial meaning

FinancialCurrency meaningis behinda thesystem entityof (incl.money diagramsused in a particular country or region to facilitate trade, value goods/services, and otherstore explanatorywealth. materials)It is a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value—the three key functions of money in economics.

Types of Currency:

1. Fiat Currency: Issued by governments (e.g., USD, EUR) with no intrinsic value but accepted by law.

2. Digital Currency: Exists only in digital form (e.g., cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin).

3. Foreign Currency: Currency of another country used in international trade or investment.

Platform abstraction

DescriptionCurrency ofin the Finmars platform is a reference entity inthat Platformrepresents (incl.monetary diagrams,units excelused across all financial operations, including transactions, valuations, and reporting. Currencies are linked to instruments, portfolios, and other explanatorymodules materialswhere onvalue howtracking itis works).required.

Currency is also used in:

1. Instrument pricing and valuation – Every instrument is associated with a base currency for accurate market value calculations.

2. Cash positions in portfolios – Currencies represent the cash component in asset allocation.

3. Reporting and conversions – Enables reporting in different currencies using FX rates for conversions.

4. Reconciliation – Supports matching of positions and transactions by currency as part of cash reconciliation workflows.

Examples

User Code	Country	Short Name	Name	Public Name	Notes
EUR	Europe	EUR	Euro	EUR

• User code: internal system identifier for the currency.

• PlatformCountry: screenshotsthe country or region that officially issues or predominantly uses the currency (e.g., "Switzerland" for CHF, "Europe" for EUR); "Worldwide" used for globally recognized assets like BTC, Silver (XAG), or Palladium (XPD).

• Short name: standard currency code (typically ISO 4217 format), used across the system in relations, selections, and dropdowns (e.g., "USD", "GBP", "BTC").

• Name: full name of the currency (e.g., "US Dollar", "Pound Sterling", "Bitcoin") used in detailed views or documentation.

• Public name: display name for external users or limited-access users, often identical to the short name (e.g., "EUR", "HKD"); controls visibility in shared environments.

• Notes: optional field for internal comments, labels, or usage notes – can be left blank or filled with acustom descriptionmetadata of(e.g., arestrictions, recordFX tablerules, example.system flags).

Cookbook

CRUD

Operations within platform.

Use Cases

What for it's used.

F.A.Q.

Frequently asked questions.

API documentation

Link to API documentation.