DCW Updates
DCW Monthly: June 2025
This month we’re digging into the legal, operational, and regulatory tensions at the core of LC and guarantee practice.
ICC Opinions
14 articles
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.
DCW Updates
Why So Few ICC Opinions?
In 2022, the ICC Banking Commission began handling and discussing ICC Opinions on a quarterly basis instead of on a
DCW Conference Report
2023 ICC Banking Commission Technical Meeting 24-25 October 2023: Executive Summary
Summary takeaways from the ICC Banking Commission Technical Meeting
DCW Conference Report
2023 Americas Annual LC Survey • Executive Summary (Part 1)
Part 1 Executive Summary of IIBLP's Americas Annual LC Survey in 2023
DCW Updates
ICC Prepares Alignments of ISBP745, eRules
Following its decision to initiate a six-month review of all 140 ICC Opinions issued since formulation of ISBP745 in 2013
DCW Updates
ICC Draft Opinions for April 2023 Meeting Released
Two draft opinions, one new and one re-submitted, were released in mid-February to ICC National Committees for review and comment
DCW Updates
ICC Draft Opinions Released for January 2023 Discussion
Three Draft Opinions will be addressed at the next session of ICC Banking Commission’s quarterly discussion of Opinions on
DCW Updates
ICC Draft Opinion for July 2022 Meeting Released
One Draft Opinion will be discussed at the ICC Banking Commission’s next quarterly virtual meeting in July 2022. The
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.
