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• wolfsberg group, icc and baft issue amendment to trade finance principles guidance document

  01/04/2019
  On 24 January 2017, the ICC Banking Commission, the Wolfsberg Group, and the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) jointly released The Wolfsberg Group, ICC and BAFT Trade Finance Principles...

• SWIFT Postpones Category 7 Changes (SR 2019) to 2020

  23/02/2019
  Changes to SWIFT Category 7 messages for guarantees and standby letters of credit that had been scheduled to take effect in November 2019 have been deferred to November 2020...

• The legal status of electronic bills of lading – an ICC / Clyde & Co Survey

  19/10/2018
  The International Chamber of Commerce Banking Commission, on the recommendation of its Legal Committee, appointed Clyde & Co LLP to conduct a survey on the legal status of eB/Ls, whether in the form of an electronic record or in paper format when converted from an electronic record...

• ICC Banking Commission signs partnership with Global Credit Data to boost scope of Trade Register

  10/10/2018
  The ICC Banking Commission has announced a long-term agreement with Global Credit Data (GCD), an association owned by banks and home to the world’s largest database of bank defaults, to strengthen analysis within the market-leading ICC Trade Register...

• ICC releases latest Trade Finance Survey

  25/05/2018
  The 2018 Survey, titled “Global Trade – Securing Future Growth” is now available via the ICC’s website and the following link https://iccwbo...

• Privacy Policy updated

  17/05/2018
  Our Privacy Policy has been updated...

• ICC announces the revision of the Uniform Rules for Bank Payment Obligations (URBPO)

  10/04/2018
  ICC Banking Commission Digitalisation of Trade Finance Working Group: Approved EXCO mandate for revision of URBPO  As discussed in the Banking Commission Executive Committee call of 7 March 2018...

• ICC releases 2017 ICC Trade Register Report

  08/02/2018
  The ICC state that the 2017 report, based on 2008-2016 data, draws on information from 22 member banks to present a global view of the credit risk profiles of trade and export finance transactions...

• CDCS & CITF Registrations for April 2018 Examinations

  29/01/2018
  REMEMBER - the application and payment for sitting the April 2018 CDCS or CITF examination must be received by LIBF no later than 31 January 2018...

• Offer ends 31 December 2017

  13/11/2017
  To celebrate the start of our 5th year of operation, we have grouped together a number of our most popular training modules and are making them available at 75% of the standard price...