The ICC Banking Commission’s quarterly meeting, held via Zoom on 5 August 2025, covered three draft opinions, updates on Technical Advisory Briefings, and the status of the ISBP Revision and ISBP Education Project.
From courtrooms in Illinois to conference halls in Singapore, this issue unpacks the rulings, risks, and rule debates in today’
Given the success of practice rules and banks’ ability to more readily find resources for the proper interpretation of the rule sets, does it not make sense to avoid inclusion of a governing law or jurisdiction clause?
LCs calling for copies and photocopies. Does it make a difference if copies are called for by the applicant compared
In a recent discussion, bankers were asked how they calculate confirmation fees as a standard practice: 1) from the advising
Most specialists in the trade finance industry are well aware of multiple court cases in recent years – many from Singapore
When issuing banks insert complex reimbursement terms and self-serving conditions into their credits, it distorts the purpose of the product, causes problems for confirming banks, and drives exporters away from using LCs.
The silent confirmation market is still active and prevalent for LCs in Asian countries as silent confirmation is one of the means for a beneficiary to mitigate issuing bank and country risk when it does not want other banks to confirm its credit.
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