In our last article in this series we argued that banks can create new markets for themselves in trade finance by providing digitised letters of credit or trade finance instruments for the movement of both digital and physical goods using blockchain. We likened the ease of transacting in this way to the simplicity of ordering
Letters of credit
Letters of credit: silent confirmations do not strip an honouring bank’s rights as nominated bank under UCP 600
By Fabio Miceli on
The court in Greenhill International Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia confirmed that silent confirmations of letters of credit fall outside the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits 600 (UCP 600) and are governed purely by the express and implied terms agreed to by the paying bank and the beneficiary. However, the court…