This month, DCW unpacks the legal and practical shifts reshaping trade finance interpretation. Why are ICC Opinions becoming increasingly scarce?
Writing as a trade finance professional with a long background in the business, Dave Meynell offers his personal views on factors contributing to the sharp reduction in ICC Official Opinions issued over the past several years.
With the causation defence being increasingly engaged in misdelivery cases, there is a great deal for banks and shipowners to learn from The “Maersk Katalin” case.
How are LC specialists to understand UCP600 Article 38(k) in situations where a second beneficiary bypasses the transferring bank and presents documents directly to the issuing bank? Scenarios, fundamental issues, and a proposal for revising this UCP sub-article are addressed here.
Letters of credit represent the bulk of trade services offered by banks in Bangladesh and the country’s tense governmental transition has been closely watched by the industry. In this article, Bangladesh's political and economic challenges and their impact on trade are considered.
Confirmation to any modern-day documentary credit is an essential risk mitigation tool for a beneficiary that enables it to deal
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