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                                                                   Exhibit 10.1


         THIS AMENDMENT TO CREDIT FACILITY ("AMENDMENT"), dated as of March 10,
2000, is entered into between LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CANADA LTD., successor to
Louisiana-Pacific Acquisition Inc. (the "BORROWER") and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
(the "LENDER").

                                    RECITALS

         A.  The Borrower and the Lender are party to the letter agreement dated
             September 8, 1999 (the "CREDIT FACILITY") pursuant to which the
             Lender has extended credit to the Borrower to help finance the
             acquisition of Le Groupe Forex, Inc.

         B.  The Borrower has requested that the Lender extend the maturity date
             of the Credit Facility and agree to certain other amendments to the
             Credit Facility.

         C.  The Lender is willing to extend the maturity date of the Credit
             Facility, and to amend the Credit Facility, subject to the terms
             and conditions of this Amendment.

         NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

             1.  DEFINED TERMS. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized
                 terms used herein shall have the meanings, if any, assigned to
                 them in the Credit Facility.

             2.  AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT FACILITY.

                 (a)  Section 1(c) of the Credit Facility shall be amended by
                      deleting clause (i) in the first paragraph thereof and
                      replacing it with the following new clause (i): "(i) (A)
                      from and including the Closing Date through and including
                      March 12, 2000, the Offshore Rate PLUS 0.575%, (B) from
                      and including March 13, 2000 through and including June
                      30, 2000, the Offshore Rate PLUS 0.70% and (C) from and
                      including July 1, 2000 through and including the Maturity
                      Date, the Offshore Rate PLUS 1.00%; or".

                 (b)  The definition of "Maturity Date" in Exhibit A of the
                      Credit Facility shall be amended by deleting such
                      definition in its entirely and replacing it with the
                      following new definition:

                 "Maturity Date:  September 30, 2000."

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         3.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Borrower hereby represents and
             warrants as follows:

             (a) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

             (b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
                 Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
                 and other action and do not and will not require any
                 registration with, consent or approval of, notice to or action
                 by, any person (including any governmental agency) in order to
                 be effective and enforceable. This Amendment has been duly
                 executed and delivered by the Borrower. The Credit Facility as
                 amended by this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and
                 binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against it in
                 accordance with its respective terms, without defense,
                 counterclaim or offset.

             (c) All representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in
                 the Credit Facility are true and correct.

             (d) The Borrower is entering into this Amendment on the basis of
                 its own investigation and for its own reasons, without reliance
                 upon the Lender or any other person.

         4.  EFFECTIVE DATE. This Amendment will become effective on the date
             upon which the Lender has received from the Borrower a duly
             executed original or facsimile of this Amendment, together with a
             duly executed original or facsimile Guarantor Acknowledgment and
             Consent in the form attached hereto.

         5.  RESERVATION OF RIGHTS. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that
             the execution and delivery by the Lender of this Amendment, shall
             not be deemed to create a course of dealing or otherwise obligate
             the Lender to forbear or execute similar amendments under the same
             or similar circumstances in the future.

         6.  MISCELLANEOUS.

             (a) Except as herein expressly amended, all terms, covenants and
                 provisions of the Credit Facility are and shall remain in full
                 force and effect and all references therein to such Credit
                 Facility shall henceforth refer to the Credit Facility as
                 amended by this Amendment. This Amendment shall be deemed
                 incorporated into, and a part of, the Credit Facility.

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             (b) This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
                 of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective
                 successors and assigns. No third party beneficiaries are
                 intended in connection with this Amendment.

             (c) This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance
                 with the law of the State of California (without regard to
                 principles of conflicts of laws).

             (d) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts,
                 each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such
                 counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same
                 instrument.

             (e) This Amendment, together with the Credit Facility, contains the
                 entire and exclusive agreement of the parties hereto with
                 reference to the matters discussed herein and therein. This
                 Amendment supersedes all prior drafts and communications with
                 respect thereto. This Amendment may not be amended except in
                 accordance with the provisions of Section 6(a) of the Credit
                 Facility.

             (f) If any term or provision of this Amendment shall be deemed
                 prohibited by or invalid under any applicable law, such
                 provision shall be invalidated without affecting the remaining
                 provisions of this Amendment or the Credit Facility,
                 respectively.

             (g) Borrower covenants to pay to or reimburse the Lender, upon
                 demand, for all costs and expenses (including allocated costs
                 of in-house counsel) incurred in connection with the
                 development, preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery
                 of this Amendment and any other document executed and delivered
                 in connection herewith, including without limitation appraisal,
                 audit, search and filing fees incurred in connection therewith.

             (h) Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that, after the
                 effectiveness of the Credit Facility, Louisiana-Pacific
                 Acquisition Inc. was duly wound up and dissolved with its
                 assets distributed to, and liabilities assumed by, its sole
                 shareholder, the Borrower, and that pursuant to such
                 transaction Borrower acquired and assumed all of the rights,
                 liabilities and obligations of Louisiana-Pacific Acquisition
                 Inc. under the Credit Facility. Without in any way limiting the
                 legal effect of the transaction described above, Borrower
                 confirms that it assumes and will perform and observe all
                 obligations of the "Borrower" under and as defined in the
                 Credit Facility.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Amendment as of the date first above written.

                          LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CANADA LTD.


                          By: /s/ Curtis M. Stevens
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                          Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
                                 Financial Officer
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                          BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.


                          By: /s/ Michael Balok
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                          Title: Managing Director
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                            GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
                                   AND CONSENT

         The undersigned, a guarantor with respect to the Borrower's obligations
to the Lender under the Credit Facility, hereby (i) acknowledges and consents to
the execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of the foregoing Amendment
to Credit Facility ("AMENDMENT"), and (ii) reaffirms and agrees that the
guaranty to which the undersigned is party and all other documents and
agreements executed and delivered by the undersigned to the Lender in connection
with the Credit Facility are in full force and effect, without defense, offset
or counterclaim. (Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings specified in
the Amendment.)



                                   LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION


Dated: March 10, 2000               By: /s/ Curtis M. Stevens
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