QUESTION Hi Mr. Old Man, We issue a LC through Bank A (first advising bank) stating Bank B as second advising bank in field 57A. We now have RMA with Bank B. Our customer requests us to issue amendments and advise them directly to Bank B. We are going to send an authenticated message to Bank A to ask for the …

Dear Mr. Old Man, Good afternoon, today I have a short question about amount insured. According to para. K13, ISBP 745, “There is no requirement for insurance coverage to be calculated to more than two decimal places”.  So, if amount of cover calculated is USD 100,000.156789, the amount should be shown in the insurance document is USD 100,000.16 or only …

Hoi An Ancient City, Vietnam QUESTION Dear the excellent expert! Please guide us for the question relating to MT707- the field 34b contains the currency code and total amount of the documentary credit after the amendment, disregarding any drawings. Which should we understand ‘disregarding any drawings’? Whether does it exclude paid drawing (at sight) and accepted drawing (usance)? Could you …

Hai Van Pass, Da Nang, Vietnam QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, The covering schedule shows 3/3 original bills of lading but the issuing bank finds only 2 original bills of lading presented. Can the issuing bank raise the discrepancy “2 instead of 3 original bills of lading presented”? Can the presenter reject the discrepancy based on Article 35? Your prompt …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, You are so grateful when sharing your precious knowledge. Please kindly help us to clarify the presentation period of copies of transport documents. ISBP 745 notes that copies of transport not subject to 21 calendar days or any presentation period stated in the LC, unless the credit explicitly states the basis for determining such presentation …

QUESTION Dear Mr.  Old Man, Please kindly help us for two cases: Invoice issued by beneficiary A and shows the invoice no. HANB dated 11/06/2016 C/O issued Commerce Chamber, shows the shipper/consignor B and invoice no. HANP dated 11/06/2016. Invoice issued by beneficiary A and shows the invoice no. HANB dated 11/06/2016 C/O which issued Commerce Chamber does not show …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man! Our company is going to open an LC but the exporter requires the LC to allow T.T.R. Though we have done some business with this exporter at FOB terms, we fear that with this clause the negotiating bank may collude with the exporter to claim reimbursement by swift message before shipment is made. Though the …

(Quoted from DCPro Discussion Forum 27 – 30 June, 2016) QUESTION Hi Beneficiary presented docs to us despite LC is restricted to another bank. We, acting as a presenting bank, sent the docs to issuing bank which was considered as clean and received the acceptance advice from issuing bank. Can we understand that this acceptance advice override the restriction terms …

Ride if you like! QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, I need your opinion regarding outward collection D/P. At the request of the principal/drawer we sent a set of documents under D/P to Bank X Branch 001, Long Street Country Y by courier service. Since receiving no payment, we contacted Bank X to check on the status of the documents was …

(Quoted from DCPro Discussion Forum, 14 – 17 June, 2016) A street in Hoi An Ancient Town, Vietnam QUESTION If the beneficiary’s demand is presented to the issuing bank at 10.00 AM on 14 June (under a guanartee issued subject to local law/not any ICC rules) does the issuing bank is obligated to make payment on the same day? If …