Authentication Requirements
August 2025 ICC Banking Commission Meeting
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.
2025 Singapore Guarantee & Standby Forum: Executive Summary
For the 18th consecutive year, IIBLP conducted its Guarantee & Standby Forum for the Singapore trade finance market. Held on 19 May 2025 and hosted by S&P Global, the program was organized as a hybrid event. This Executive Summary provides an overview of topics discussed and debated.
Banks Authenticating Beneficiaries’ Drawings: Advantageous or Unnecessary?
Fraud prevention is a crucial pursuit, but is an interim/hybrid solution requiring a beneficiary’s bank to vouch for the beneficiary the answer? Or does it introduce added risks?







