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.
The LC concept of negotiation has led to considerable misunderstanding and confusion in practice. In his article, Abdurrahman Özalp attempts to wade through areas of uncertainty and cast light on difficulties that confirming banks and beneficiaries could encounter.
In the first of his series of DCW articles on major issues surrounding potential revision of UCP, ICC Banking Commission Senior Technical Advisor Dave Meynell examines the concept of negotiation.
The Windsor Township v. Tompkins Financial Corp. case emphasizes the significance of original letters of credit but questions their necessity in modern electronic transactions.
Honour, negotiation, and reimbursement – individually and collectively – are perhaps some of the least understood (or most misunderstood) terms in letter
The definition of “Banking Day” in UCP600 Article 2 ¶ 3 requires interested and affected parties to look outside the terms of the UCP to determine what days are actually banking days.
