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FIN522 Presentation On Letter of Credit: Abhijeet Rathod Id: 8462 14 Oct'10
FIN522 Presentation On Letter of Credit: Abhijeet Rathod Id: 8462 14 Oct'10
Abhijeet Rathod
Id: 8462
14 Oct’10
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Cash in
Advance
Methods of Payment Risk Assessment
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Negative
Letters of Credit
•Standby
•Insurance •Commercial (Acceptances)
Vendor •Confirmed
•Ex-Im Bank
Financing •Transferable
•CEFO
•Back-to-Back
•Assignment of Proceeds
Foreign
Receivables Foreign Exchange
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Letter of Credit Terms
Involved Parties:
Term Definition Activity
Applicant Importer Buy
Beneficiary Exporter Sell
Opening Bank Importer’s Bank Issues L/C
Advising Bank Exporter’s Bank Advises L/C
Confirming Bank Advising Bank or 3rd Confirms L/C
Party Bank
Paying Bank Any bank as Pays the Draft
specified in L/C
Letter of Credit Terms
Activities & Terms
• Advice • Irrevocable
• Amendment • Issuance
• Confirmed • Negotiation
• Discrepancy • Revocable
• Documentation
• Draft –
– Sight Draft
– Time Draft
Types of Letters of Credit
• Back-to-Back
• Confirmed
• Straight
• Negotiation
• Sight
• Standby
• Transferable
• Usance
Export Letter of
Credit Cycle
5. Product
is Shipped
1. 1.
10.
3. Letter of Credit
7. Documents
2.
Product is
Shipped
1. 1.
5.
3.
Documents 6.
& Draft Documents
5.