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
DCW LC Statistics
LC Statistics: 4Q24 US Bank LC Issuance
DCW delivers quarterly LC issuance statistics from the top 600 US-based banks. Here’s the latest data for 4Q 2024.
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DCW reports quarterly LC issuance statistics from the top 600 banks headquartered in the US. Numbers are in USD 1,000s.
Notes about the LC Issuance Data:
- "Net Financial SBLCs" and "Net Performance SBLCs" reflect net after subtracting respective amounts conveyed to others.
- "Net Standby LCs" reflects the combined total for "Net Financial SBLCs" and "Net Performance SBLCs".
- "Net LCs" reflect totals for "Net Standby LCs" and "Commercial & Similar LCs".
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DCW Conference Report
February 2025 ICC Banking Commission Meeting: Executive Summary
The ICC Banking Commission returned to Dubai, UAE, for its 2025 Annual Meeting on 17 February. The one-day event was organized by ICC UAE and hosted by Dubai Chambers. In addition to those participating in-person, others attended virtually.
DCW Articles
Revising UCP 600: Weighing the Issues, Merits, and Challenges
In the fifth instalment of his DCW article series on major contemporary issues surrounding documentary credit practice, ICC Banking Commission Senior Technical Advisor Dave Meynell offers his thoughts on the highly-charged question: Is it time for UCP to be revised?
DCW Articles
Sanctions Clauses – Here to Stay, so How to Deal with Them?
Following his writing in the past two editions of DCW, Robert Parson examines legal developments on sanctions and sanctions clauses that have arisen in courts recently and implications for LC practice.
DCW Articles
Under LC Rules, What is a Complying Certification of a Court Order?
Beyond questions on the rule of strict construction of LC terms, the In re Spiegel case should engender a discussion of the requirements of UCP vs. ISP on what certified means with respect to a government or court-issued document.
