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Corridor economics, treasury discipline, and the numbers your bank isn't showing you.

Practical writing for mid-market CFOs running cross-border operations between Europe, the Gulf, and Africa. Every number is sourced. Every article is written by Annette Kona Thomas.

Corridor Economics
The EUR/AED corridor: what your bank isn't telling you about the 4.5% spread
The AED has been pegged to the USD since 1997 at 3.6725. That's the only fixed number in this corridor. Everything else — the spread your bank quotes, the fees hidden in the wire, the timing of your euro-to-dirham conversion — is negotiable. Most mid-market CFOs never learn that.
5 August 2026
8 min read

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The EUR/AED corridor: what your bank isn't telling you about the 4.5% spread

Reading is useful. Measuring is better.