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• ICC release new rules – Uniform Rules for Digital Trade Transactions (URDTT)

  01/10/2021
  Text of the rules can be obtained here for free...

• ACCESS TO FREE TRAINING MODULES UNTIL THE END OF MAY 2021 !

  07/05/2021
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• WTO, TFG and ICC release publication 'Accelerating trade digitalization to support MSME financing'

  04/05/2021
  On 30 March 2021, the World Trade Organization (WTO), Trade Finance Global (TFG) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) launched their latest publication ‘Accelerating trade digitalization to support MSME financing’...

• ICC releases a User's Guide to the eUCP

  11/02/2021
  In July 2019, the ICC Banking Commission released electronic supplements to the existing Uniform Rules for Collections (URC 522) and Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 600) rules, namely eURC Version 1...

• CDCS Examination April 2021

  18/01/2021
  The CDCS examination will be held on 16 & 17 April 2021, depending on your location...

• ICC releases the 2020 Global Survey on Trade Finance incorporating an assessment of the impact of COVID-19

  21/07/2020
  The International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) 11th annual Global Survey on Trade Finance reveals that banks are optimistic about the evolving nature of trade finance, though unsurprisingly expect various industry-wide challenges and disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic...

• ICC issues addendum to the 2014 Guidance Paper on the use of Sanction clauses in trade finance-related instruments subject to ICC rules

  08/05/2020
  The ICC has noted a resurgence in the use of sanctions clauses in documentary credits and in demand guarantees, particularly in the form of non-specific clauses that create uncertainty...

• ICC release 2019 Trade Finance Register Report

  06/05/2020
  The ICC has today released their latest Trade Register report...

• Two new papers issued by ICC

  01/05/2020
  When drafting ISBP 745 (International Standard Banking Practice for the Examination of Documents under UCP 600), it was recognised that a more methodical approach to the drafting of credits and/or amendments would act as a positive factor in avoiding many of the problems that can arise when examining documents...

• ICC releases Guidance paper on the impact of COVID-19 on trade finance transactions issued subject to ICC rules

  07/04/2020
  Responding to the urgent need to address the disruptions facing the trade finance market as the world grapples with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has today provided holistic guidance to the market, governments and regulators through the publication of this paper...