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Smarter usage of information
31/07/2017
One of the three recommendations resulting from the recent ICC consultation into a possible UCP revision advocated smarter usage of information in order to achieve greater awareness by practitioners...
Documentary Credits: where are the main problems?
28/07/2017
A number of recent blogs have highlighted the ICC Banking Commission consultation regarding a potential revision of UCP 600...
ISBP: where can it go from here?
24/07/2017
Timelines Standard Banking Practices for the Examination of Documents (SBPED) - standard banking practices: US Council on International Banking / Mexican Bankers Association - issued in 1997 ISBP 645 published in 2003 ISBP 681 released 2007, to bring it in line with UCP 600: much of the ISBP text remained unchanged although certain alterations had to be made...
Developing e-compliance in ICC rules
18/07/2017
As advised by the ICC Banking Commission in its press release of 6 June 2017, the "Digitalisation of Trade Finance Working Group" has now been launched...
The principle of autonomy re-visited
03/07/2017
At the end of 2015, we published a blog on the principle of autonomy with regard to documentary credits...