Fact-Checking Policy
See how Currency Information evaluates sources, checks data and quotations, handles time-sensitive financial information, and responds when reliable new evidence appears.
Pre-publication fact-checking focuses on material facts and uses sources appropriate to the claim, with additional review for sensitive or financially consequential information. The level of review depends on the subject, potential harm, complexity, and practical importance of the information. The aim is not merely to confirm isolated details, but to ensure that the overall presentation does not become misleading through missing dates, units, jurisdiction, methodology, or context.
What We Check
- Names, titles, institutions, currencies, countries, and jurisdictions
- Dates, timelines, exchange-rate references, fees, percentages, and units
- Central-bank decisions, official statements, regulations, and public records
- Provider terms, supported currencies, pricing, eligibility, and service limitations
- Quotations, documents, datasets, and methodology descriptions
- Historical claims and comparisons
Source Hierarchy
Primary sources are preferred where reasonably available. These may include central banks, government departments, regulators, official statistics, international organizations, public filings, provider documentation, academic research, and original datasets. The value of a source depends on what it can reliably establish, so official status does not remove the need to examine scope, wording, date, and possible institutional interest.
Reputable media and specialist publications may be used as secondary sources, particularly for context or when a primary source is unavailable. A secondary report should not be treated as stronger than the underlying evidence.
Rates, Fees, and Time-Sensitive Information
Exchange rates, provider fees, product availability, regulations, and service conditions can change quickly. Articles should identify the relevant date, source, jurisdiction, and material limitation where practical. Readers should be able to see when a figure was current and why it may not remain current for a later transaction.
Readers should verify current transaction details directly with the relevant provider, institution, or authority before acting.
Quotations and Commentary
Quotations should be attributed accurately and should not be edited in a way that changes their meaning. Expert commentary should be identified as analysis or opinion unless it states a directly verifiable fact. Attribution should make clear whether a speaker is reporting a verifiable fact, interpreting evidence, describing institutional policy, or expressing an opinion.
Unnamed Sources
Currency Information rarely uses unnamed sources. When anonymity is granted, the responsible editor must know the source’s identity, understand how the source obtained the information, and seek corroboration where reasonably possible.
Reviews and Rankings
Reviews, comparisons and rankings should be checked against disclosed provider information, public terms, relevant datasets and the criteria disclosed in the relevant article or linked methodology page. Paid visibility does not determine editorial ranking position.
AI and Verification
AI is not used as a factual source, unnamed source, quote source, fact-checker, or publication decision-maker. AI-generated illustrations do not substitute for evidence.
High-Impact Claims
Financial, legal, safety, reputational, medical, and other high-impact claims require additional care. Single-source allegations, guaranteed outcome claims, and unsupported instructions should not be published as established fact. The more serious the possible effect of an error, the stronger the need for corroboration, careful wording, and visible limitations.
After Publication
Published material may be rechecked when editors receive new evidence, official updates or credible reader feedback. Material errors may be corrected, clarified, updated, or removed in accordance with the Corrections Policy.
Send concerns to corrections@currencyinformation.org.
Verification Before Publication
Writers and editors should trace material claims to the strongest available evidence. When a claim comes from a provider, political actor, institution, or interested party, the article should identify the source and seek independent confirmation where the claim materially affects readers.
For numerical claims, the reviewer should check the unit, currency, base period, date, sample, methodology, and whether the number is nominal, adjusted, estimated, or final. A correct number can still mislead when its context is missing.
Documents and Data
Documents should be reviewed for origin, date, completeness, and consistency with other records. Data-based articles should identify the source, time period, units, revisions, and important methodological limitations. A document or dataset may be authentic yet still incomplete, outdated, narrowly defined, or unsuitable for the conclusion being drawn.
Charts should not crop axes, omit important categories, or combine incompatible datasets in a way that exaggerates a result.
Claims About Companies and Services
Provider information should be checked against current public pricing, terms, disclosures, regulatory records, and service documentation where available. Availability in one jurisdiction should not be presented as universal.
Second Review and Escalation
Articles involving serious allegations, substantial financial consequences, confidential material, or complex methodology may require additional editorial review. The responsible editor may request more sources, a response from the subject, specialist input, or postponement of publication.
Limits of Fact-Checking
Fact-checking reduces error but does not eliminate every uncertainty. Some information changes after publication, some data is revised, and some official sources may later correct their own statements. Articles should make uncertainty visible rather than imply perfect knowledge. Acknowledging these limits is more accurate than presenting editorial review as a guarantee that information can never change or require correction.