SHIPPING GUARANTEES AND OVERDRAWN DISCREPANCY QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, Please give your comments for the below case: At the request and for account of the applicant, we issued an LC for an amount not exceeding USD 500,000. As the cargo had arrived before the documents were presented to our bank, at the request of the applicant we issued a shipping guarantee in favour of … Read More
EMAIL ADDRESSES IN SWIFT MTs QUESTION Hello again! May I bother you again with a quick question? The LC requires B/L to indicate the consignee and notify party including their email addresses, e.g., ABC(AT)STANDARD.COM while the presented BL indicates [email protected] Is this considered as a discrepancy? Thank you for your continuous cooperation. Muna najjar —- ANSWER Hi, As you may know, a number of characters are … Read More
DOCUMENTS UNDER A BACK-TO-BACK LC LOST IN TRANSIT QUESTION Dear sir, Please provide your opinion on the matter below. We have issued a back-to-back LC against a master LC. The beneficiary’s bank made the presentation under the back-to-back LC but unfortunately documents have been lost in transit. Now what steps can we take to make presentation under the master LC to receive payment and settle the back-to-back LC … Read More
ANY SAFE PORT – LATE PRESENTATION – LC EXPIRED In real life, many discrepancies do not arise because the rules are unclear, but because the timeline in a credit is not carefully read. The short Q&A below illustrates two issues that appear quite often in practice: the meaning of “any safe port” and the relationship between the presentation period and the expiry date. QUESTION Good morning, Sir! An LC … Read More
LET’S KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR OF THE DRAGON WITH Q&A RELATED TO ISBP Mr. Old Man khởi động năm mới Giáp Thìn bằng cách trả lời một loạt câu hỏi liên quan đến quy định của ISBP mà Mr. Old Man nhận được trước Tết 3 ngày. Bình thường Mr. Old Man trả lời ngay nhưng vì bạn ấy gửi một lúc quá nhiều câu hỏi nên đành khất sang năm mới. HAPPY … Read More
TAKING THE CDCS® EXAM? QUESTION Với tư cách là đàn em trong ngành ngân hàng, em có thể hỏi xin ý kiến của anh không? Sự việc là em vừa xin chuyển việc từ môi trường nhà nước sang nước ngoài. Trước đây em làm bộ phận TTQT, sau khi chuyển sang khối ngoại thì em làm bộ phận chuyển tiền nước ngoài chuyên … Read More
TYPES OF LC QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, This is Rookie Boy, works as an international trader, I want to ask you a question, and hope get your help. Before creating a new LC, the applicant should send a apply letter to the issuing bank, and in the letter, there is the form as follows: Credit Available With advising bank [ ] By … Read More
QUESTIONS ABOUT D/P AT xx DAYS FROM B/L DATE and CLEAN COLLECTIONS QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, I have some questions to ask you: 1) Why do banks reluctantly accept D/P 90 days after B/L date? 2) Why do banks provide clean collections of checks only, and not bills of exchange? Best regards, ————– ANSWER Hi, 1) Why do banks reluctantly accept D/P 90 days after B/L date? According to ICC Opinion … Read More
WHERE GOODS ARE CONSIGNED TO THE ORDER OF THE COLLECTING BANK QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, We are the importer’s bank. We are encountering a situation related to a documentary collection transaction as follows: We received from the remitting bank a set of D/P documents including original bills of lading consigned to the order of our bank. We notified the importer of the same. However, the importer refused to take up … Read More
WHETHER TO SEND DOCUMENTS ON APPROVAL BASIS TO THE ISSUING BANK or THE CONFIRMING BANK? QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, We as the second advising bank and the beneficiary’s bank received MT 710 from Bank B (Country B) with the following details: Field 40B (Form of Documentary Credit): IRREVOCABLE ADDING OUR CONFIRMATION Field 52A (Issuing bank): BANK A (in Country A) Field 41A (Available with … by): BANK B BY NEGOTIATION … The beneficiary … Read More