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.
The ICC announced on 13 August 2023 release of the first application programming interface (API) industry standards for bank guarantees and standby letters of credit in a joint effort with Swift. The collaborative work involved banks, corporates, fintech platforms, and service providers to create innovative standards to streamline the entire life cycle of financial instruments, including issuance, advising, amendments, cancellations, and claims.
In another post, DCW will report further on what this development means for trade finance practitioners and next steps regarding testing, implementation, and adoption by the industry.
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.
Four years after the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) roll out of a “Code of Best Practices – Commodity Financing”
Most specialists in the trade finance industry are well aware of multiple court cases in recent years – many from Singapore
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