DCW Monthly: April 2026
The ICC Banking Commission decided not to revise UCP 600 or ISBP 821. The argument: the rules are fine, what&
February 2022
25 articles
DCW Updates
UAE Central Bank Fines Unnamed UAE Bank for Poor AML Systems
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has assessed a AED 19.5 million (USD 5.3m) financial sanction on UAE bank for poor AML / Sanctions systems
DCW Updates
How to Determine What Constitutes a Banking Day
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.
DCW Updates
Bangladesh Bank Requires Back-to-Back LC Reporting
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh Bank, the central bank, issued a circular regarding banks’ duty to report required data of back-to-back LCs to
DCW Text & Forms
Inappropriate References to Agency Revisited
Further to DCW’s Nov/Dec 2021 Feature, “When is a Guarantee ‘Issued’?”, and comments on how US Revised UCC Article 5 brought clarity to determining when an LC was issued, DCW reprints here the section of a 1993 Study on inappropriate reliance on agency principles.
DCW Articles
What Are We Supposed to Do? A Practical Approach to Sanctions Clauses
The position of a banker in the trade finance environment includes trying to reconcile opposite demands of a buyer and a seller.
DCW Feature
Originality of Paper and Electronic Documents (Part 1)
Pavel Andrle's exploration of the originality of paper and electronic documents - Part 1 of an article series.
DCW Updates
LSTA’s Revolving Credit Agreement: Hear from the Experts
Hear from Mike Avidon, Bridget Marsh and Jeffrey Nagle on the latest from the LSTA's Syndicated revolving credit agreement.
DCW Litigation Digest
ARSS – SIPS (JV) v. Union of India [2021]
ARSS – SIPS (JV) v. Union of India involving the seeking of an injunction on payment under a performance guarantee was heard by the Honourable Shri Sanjay K. Agrawal and Shri Arvind Singh Chandel of the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur.
DCW Updates
Trade Technologies Opens Office in Dubai
Trade Technologies, an international trade document solutions provider, announced its opening of an office in Dubai, UAE. Founded in 1999