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Currently, DCW continues its expanded coverage of Standby Letters of Credit and Demand Guarantees, Trade Based Financial Crime Compliance, ICC opinions, FinTech, URDG 758, the ISP98 Model Forms Project, and UCP600. Each DCW issue features expert analysis of these areas. As an LC or guarantee specialist, you are sure to gain added understanding of critical elements of these trade products from a new perspective.
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DCW Format
DCW strives to be green, and thus is provided almost exclusively electronically. Special requests for paper will be considered.
Interviews
- Bills of Lading in Commodity Trade O’Brien and Madan on the Current Setting and Future Direction (DCW Jun 2019, P. 17)
DCW Additional Resources and Polls
- Lifetree Trading v. Washakie: Appellate Brief (Apr 2019)
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Invoices as Required Documents under Standbys (JulAug 2018)
- What Would You Do with It? (Oct 2017)
- Southeast Asia's War on Expiry (Oct 2017)
- 2017 ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference: Executive Summary
- Bitumen Case Summary (May 2017)
- "UCP600 Actions Spoke Louder Than UCP500 Words in Fortis v IOB" -- Roger Fayers (Sept 2011)
- UCP700 Wish List Results -- Part 1 (Nov/Dec 2015)
- Derek Kennedy Tribute by Art Lloyd (Jan 2016)
- Derek Kennedy Tribute by Michael Kelly (Jan 2016)
- Case Classics: Foreign Venture (Nov/Dec 2015)
- Dumb and Dumber Discrepancies (Nov/Dec 2015)
- HNB Case Summary – Michigan Statute (May 2015)
- China New Era (2010) - Concurring Opinion (Sept 2014)
- Responses to Specific ISBP 2013-Provisions (Jul/Aug 2014)
- Additional Comments Regarding ISBP 2013 (Jul/Aug 2014)
- LC Forgeries Survey Appendix A Questions Posed to Bankers
- LC Forgeries Survey Appendix B Responses to Short Answer Questions
- LC Forgeries Survey Appendix C Responses to Open Ended Questions
The Readers Speak
- Beneficiary-Controlled Requirements (Nov-Dec 2018)
- Changing the Beneficiary in a Non-Transferable Standby (Jun 2015)
- What’s Wrong with Requiring Presentation of the Original Standby? (May 2015)
- Discrepancies Gone Wild (Apr 2015)
- Should Discounts be Re-Added to the CIF Amount to Determine Insurance Cover? (Mar 2015)
- When Confirmer Refuses, What Happens to the Confirmation? (Jan 2010)
- Commercial and Similar LC Statistics (Sept 2009)
2019 Newly Decided Cases
Prior Tables of Contents
- June 2019 DCW – Bills of Lading in Commodity Trade
- May 2019 DCW – 2018 ICC Banking Commission Annual Meeting
- April 2019 DCW – Back to Back LCs
- March 2019 DCW – Significant LC Issues in 2017
- February 2019 DCW – INCOTERMS and LCs
- January 2019 DCW – Chinese Case on UCP600 Document Examination Standards
- Nov/Dec 2018 DCW – 2018 ICC Banking Commission Meeting Topics
- October 2018 DCW – The Characteristics of Guarantees
- September 2018 DCW – Documentary Credit Practices: Controversy & Guidance
- July/August 2018 DCW – URBP and EUCP
- June 2018 DCW – 2018 Global Survey Report
- May 2018 DCW – 2018 ICC Banking Commission Annual Meeting
- April 2018 DCW – SWIFT CAT 7 Message Changes
- March 2018 DCW – Overview of International Banking in 2017
- February 2018 DCW – Bank Payment Obligation
- January 2018 DCW – Special and Unusual LC Provisions
- November/December 2017 DCW – Factoring
- October 2017 DCW – ICC Opinions
- September 2017 DCW – ISP98 Official Interpretations
- July/August 2017 DCW – Chinese Demand Guarantee Dispute
- June 2017 DCW – Reimbursing a Confirming Bank
- May 2017 DCW – UCP600: The Next Steps
- April 2017 DCW – Red Clauses
- March 2017 DCW – Overview of International Banking in 2017
- February 2017 DCW – Bank Payment Obligation
- January 2017 DCW – Special an unusual LC Provisions
- Nov/Dec Double 2016 DCW – Strict Compliance
- October 2016 DCW – Blockchain and Traditional Trade
- September 2016 DCW – Singapore & UCP700
- July/August 2016 DCW – UCP600 Revision
- June 2016 DCW – Standby LC Usage by US Federal Home Loan Banks
- May 2016 DCW – Sea Containers:A Primer for Today's Trade Finance Banker
- April 2016 DCW – UCP Perspectives from China
- March 2016 DCW – Overview of International Banking in 2015
- February 2016 DCW – Turn Back the Clock:LC Cases
- January 2016 DCW – UCP700 Wish List
- November/December 2015 DCW – Bank Payment Obligation
- October 2015 DCW – Examining Shipping Documents
- September 2015 DCW – The Road to UCP700
- July/August 2015 DCW – "On Collection Basis"
- June 2015 DCW – Summary of the April 2015 ICC Banking Commission Meeting
- May 2015 DCW – Government Mandated Standby Forms
- April 2015 DCW – Reimbursement Instructions
- March 2015 DCW – Overview of International Banking in 2014
- February 2015 DCW – Assignment
- January 2015 DCW – Drafts:In or Out of UCP700?
- November/December 2014 DCW – Discrepancy Fees
DCW Editorial Advisory Board – Emeritus Members (years active)
- Sue E. Auerbach (DC) (1997-2016)
- Alan Bloodgood (retired, J.P. Morgan) (1997-2016)
- Harold Burman (Senior Counsel, Office of Legal Adviser, US Department of State) (1997-2016)
- Joseph Colleran (retired, Irving Trust) (1997-2016)
- Gary Collyer (Collyer Consulting LLP) (1997-2016)
- Philip J. De Chiara (retired, Wells Fargo Bank) (1998-2016)
- Professor E.P. Ellinger (National University of Singapore) (1997-2016)
- Dr. Gerold Herrmann (retired, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) (1997-2016)
- Heinz Hertl ICC Austria (retired, Bank Austria/Creditanstalt, Vienna) (1997-2016)
- George Hisert (retired, Bingham McCutchen LLP) (1997-2016)
- Professor Boris Kozolchyk (National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade) (1997-2016)
- Stanley L. Lane, Jr. (Of Counsel Otterbourg P.C. NY) (1997-2016)
- Arthur Lloyd (retired, Control Risks, Ltd.) (1997-2016)
- Dennis Noah (retired, M&T Bank) (1997-2016)
- Professor Yorng-Won Pae (retired, University of Seoul, Korea) (1999-2016)
- Jianbao Shan (retired, Executive Vice President China Everbright Bank, China) (1999-2016)
- Martin Shaw (retired, Barclays and Lloyds, London) (1997-2016)
- Angelo J. Schiraldi (retired, IntesaBci, NY) (1997-2016)
- Joseph Sommer (NY) (1997-2016)
