ICC Finalizes Opinion on B/L Freight Details
At its first quarterly discussion session of 2026 on 27 January, the ICC Banking Commission finalized ICC Opinion TA958rev. It
Like certain other terms used in the LC and guarantee field, “assignable” can mean different things to different parties. Glenn Ransier reviews what the practice rules say and the importance of clarity.
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Drawing on the China case, Luoyang Aviation, Saibo Jin examines the relationship between the transferred credit and the original credit.
Banks that handle collections must not neglect the product and have proper controls in place to deal with the risks.
In the latest installment of his article series on originality of paper and electronic documents, Pavel Andrle addresses practical use of the current ICC rules and matters he believes need clarified to better facilitate use of electronic records in trade finance.
Because standbys and demand guarantees often contain automatic extension clauses, ICC Opinion TA954 offers important lessons for practice and the need for sound drafting of such clauses.
The September 2025 bankruptcy filing of First Brands has thrust supply chain finance into the industry spotlight again. Supply chain specialist Tat Yeen Yap explains how certain forms of SCF techniques work and addresses whether they can give rise to opaque accounting and hidden financial debt.
Practice rules for independent undertakings do not address "pay and walk" clauses that are being used in some regions and shunned by others. Here, David Williams puts forth an alternative option for consideration.
The auto-extension clause used in a UCP 600 standby that gave rise to ICC Opinion TA954 illustrates the serious concerns that can emerge when ambiguous wording is inserted in a credit. Li Huang identifies and examines issues to consider.
France adopted law aligned with the UN Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records in 2024. As of August 2025, it now a degree which defines technical criteria for a reliable method to achieve the goals of the MLETR.
In many respects, the MLEC served as a starting point for treatment of electronic transport documents in the MLETR. This article explains the consistency of some provisions contained in the two Model Laws and areas where the MLETR differs and has advanced further.
URDG 758 and the UN Guarantee Convention both address independent guarantees and in many respects their content is similar, but differences exist in their areas of focus.
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