Q3 2025 CPD Certificates Available
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ICC Banking Commission
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DCW Updates
Latest TABs Address Confirmation, Procedure for Payment under UCP600
In the latest rollout of its Technical Advisory Briefings (TABs), the ICC Banking Commission has issued TAB No. 13, “Confirmation
DCW Updates
ICC Releases Draft Opinions Slated for October 2025 Meeting Agenda
Six Draft Opinions will be addressed at the next session of ICC Banking Commission’s quarterly discussion of Opinions on
DCW Updates
ICC Banking Commission Conducts Strategic Meeting
ICC Banking Commission meets in Singapore to discuss UCP revision, Basel III advocacy, ICC Trade Register expansion, and digital trade finance.
DCW Articles
Responding to “A Critical Review of ICC Opinion TA.948”
Writing in a personal capacity as a professional deeply familiar with the ICC Opinion process and the trade finance business, Dave Meynell offers response to three remarks made by Rupnarayan Bose in a June 2025 DCW article on ICC Opinion TA.948.
DCW Articles
A Critical Review of ICC Opinion TA.948
Since a draft was included in the presentation at issue in ICC Opinion TA.948, it prompts important questions about examination not only under UCP but also under bills of exchange law.
DCW Updates
ICC Releases Draft Opinions to be Discussed at August 2025 Session
Three Draft Opinions will be addressed at the next session of ICC Banking Commission’s quarterly discussion of Opinions on
DCW Updates
ICC Adjusts Opinion TA930rev to Conform with Amended Sanctions Guidance
Contemporaneously with its release of its latest Draft Opinions on 6 June 2025, ICC issued a one-page memorandum note regarding
DCW Updates
ICC Announces Standard API for Attachments of Trade Finance Instruments
Further to a past update on ICC efforts to develop standard API for trade finance instruments in cooperation with SWIFT,
DCW Articles
The Road Map to a Draft-less UCP
The ICC has neither accepted the draft as a standard requirement, nor have they been successful in casting it out from LC practice. This article is an attempt to resolve the confusion and place bills of exchange laws and the UCP in their proper perspectives.
DCW Updates
ISBP Revision Forges Ahead with New Round of Proposed Changes
The ongoing effort to revise ISBP 821 (2023) has now reached an advanced stage with an updated Draft 3 revision
DCW Articles
Directory Yet to Move the eUCP Usage Needle
A survey conducted by DCW reinforces the notion that the eUCP Directory to date has been unable to boost confidence in the rules supplement designed for electronic commercial credits.
DCW Feature
ICC Opinions: Why has Usage Reduced?
Writing as a trade finance professional with a long background in the business, Dave Meynell offers his personal views on factors contributing to the sharp reduction in ICC Official Opinions issued over the past several years.