DCW Updates
DCW Monthly: March 2025
This month, we sort through some of the big questions shaping LC practice today. Is it time to rewrite UCP
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DCW Articles
Shining Light on the Fading Concept of Strict Compliance
In the third instalment of his DCW article series on major issues surrounding potential revision of UCP, ICC Banking Commission Senior Technical Advisor Dave Meynell confronts continuing misplaced reliance on strict compliance.
DCW LC Statistics
LC Statistics: 3Q24 US Bank LC Issuance
DCW delivers quarterly LC issuance statistics from the top 600 US-based banks. Here’s the latest data for 3Q 2024.
DCW Articles
Receiving Direct Presentation from a Second Beneficiary: What’s an Issuing Bank to Do?
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.
DCW Articles
Hard Cases – Taking Stock of How Trader Defaults and Geopolitical Events Shaped LC Court Decisions in 2024
In the first of a two-part article, Robert Parson looks back at major LC court cases of 2024 and their impact on an increasingly complex environment for trade finance.
DCW Litigation Digest
Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc. v. United Renewable Energy Co. [2024]
Applicant Consolidated Electrical Distributors ex parte motion for temporary restraining order against issuer Bank of America.
DCW Scam Survey
Indian Importer, Officials Booked for Cheating Tied to LC
A Chennai-based importer, its director, and six former officials of a company operating under the Indian government’s Ministry of
DCW Scam Survey
Pakistani Businessman Charged with Export, Banking Fraud
After receiving dozens of containers filled with soil, gravel and stones instead of the valuable natural minerals it had agreed
DCW Updates
DCW Monthly: December 2024
We’re thrilled to share the newest edition of DCW’s premium monthly content. This month’s highlights include: * Five
DCW Articles
Discrepancy Rates under UCP 600
In the second instalment of his DCW article series on major issues surrounding potential revision of UCP, ICC Banking Commission Senior Technical Advisor Dave Meynell considers the problems contributing to chronically high discrepancy rates and offers viable solutions.
DCW Conference Report
November 2024 ICC Banking Commission Meeting: Executive Summary
The ICC Banking Commission conducted its final meeting of 2024 virtually via Teams on 20-21 November. Four separate portions of the event open to Banking Commission members and ICC National Committee representatives took place.
DCW Updates
Amid “Challenging Times”, ICC Trade Register Reinforces Low-Risk Nature of Trade Finance
In October 2024, ICC printed its 2024 Trade Register Report and released access to it electronically thereafter.