A financial centre is a global city that is home to a large number of internationally significant banks, businesses, and stock exchanges.
An international financial centre is a non-specific term usually used to describe an important participant in international financial market trading. An international financial centre (sometimes abbreviated to IFC) will usually have at least one major stock market.
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