US UCC Article 5’s Non-Variable Provisions
How UCC Article 5 governs letters of credit in the US, its non-variable provisions, and the legal nuances that affect issuers and beneficiaries.
The Reserve Bank of India (central bank) has assessed an INR 1.25 crore (USD 153,000) penalty against Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank, Mumbai. In a November 2022 press release announcing its action, RBI said the bank had failed to comply with RBI directions on ‘Discounting of Bills by UCBs – Restricted Letters of Credit (LC)’ and related Rules provisions when it discounted accommodation bills under LCs without establishing the genuineness of underlying transactions/ documents and failed to preserve records in good order for a period of eight years
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