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ISBP 2007

ISBP stand for International Standard Banking Practice for the Examination of Documents under Documentary Letter of Credit. It is an ICC publication and official ICC document. ISBP was prepared in order to fill the gap between general principals of UCP and the daily practice.

UCP-600 summary

UCP stands for Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit

There are 39 articles

Article 1: Application of UCP
Article 2: Definitions of Advising bank, Application, Banking day, Beneficiary, Complying presentation, Confirmation , Confirming bank, Credit, Honour, Issuing bank, Negotiation,  Nominated Bank, Presentation, Presenter.

Different Parties of a Documentary Credit

Normally the following parties are involved to a documentary credit.

1. The Issuing Bank(opening bank)
2. Nominated bank or Intermediary bank
   i) Advising Bank/Notifying Bank
   ii) The Confirming Bank
   iii) Negotiating Bank
   iv) Accepting Bank
   v) Paying Bank
   vi) Reimbursing Bank
   vii) The Transferring Bank
3. The Applicant or Buyer (Importer)
4. The Beneficiary or Seller (Exporter)

Responsibilities and Liabilities of Parties of Letter of Credit