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Purchasing Currency On Credit
Is it lawful to purchase foreign currencies from mercantile banks by deducting the price of the currencies from the credit accounts held with them?
It is lawful to purchase currencies in such a manner from mercantile banks since it is akin to paying something they owe as a debt, either in full or in part by means of the mutual cancellation of loans.

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