Recently Decided Cases
DCW maintains a list of recently-decided court cases involving commercial letters of credit, demand guarantees, and other trade finance instruments.
Research conducted by Fitch Ratings suggests that European banks appear to be increasing lending to commodity trading firms facing extraordinary liquidity needs due to fierce commodity price volatility.
According to multiple trading sources cited by Reuters, at least three major buyers of Russian oil have been unable to open letters of credit from unnamed “Western banks” to cover purchases on 24 February 2022.
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