This month, DCW unpacks the legal and practical shifts reshaping trade finance interpretation. Why are ICC Opinions becoming increasingly scarce?
Writing as a trade finance professional with a long background in the business, Dave Meynell offers his personal views on factors contributing to the sharp reduction in ICC Official Opinions issued over the past several years.
With the causation defence being increasingly engaged in misdelivery cases, there is a great deal for banks and shipowners to learn from The “Maersk Katalin” case.
Seventeen customs officials and nine bank employees have been detained in Libya for their alleged involvement in a LYD 1.2 billion (USD 246 million) letter of credit fraud.
The question discussed centered on whether document examiners would pickup Short Drawing as a discrepancy since the LC does not permit tolerance in the amount and the amount drawn is less than the total value of the LC.
TFG and BAFT release a guide to LCs in a 40- page educational document.
BAFT responds to US regulatory proposal "Basel Endgame" on capital requirements, emphasizing fair treatment for trade finance.
Issuing bank received a timely demand that complied with the standby. However, on the beneficiary’s cover letter, the payment instruction request to remit payment to their account with a different bank than what is stated on the certification.
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