Ali Moghaddam Abrishami; Khadijeh Jamalinia
Abstract
Numerous disputes have arisen from frauds and Errors in the process of documentary credit transactions. This issue has caused an obstacle in financing international trade law and Cash flow in banks. It also imposes a huge cost on the banks. International Chamber of Commerce has created a new payment ...
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Numerous disputes have arisen from frauds and Errors in the process of documentary credit transactions. This issue has caused an obstacle in financing international trade law and Cash flow in banks. It also imposes a huge cost on the banks. International Chamber of Commerce has created a new payment Method, called Bank Payment Obligation (BPO), in order to address this problem. By introducing an electronic system through Bank Payment Obligation, International Chamber of Commerce has endeavoured to deal with ambiguous and uncovered areas of documentary credit. To assess whether this new method (BPO) would be able to offer a solution to the problem of fraud and Errors in documentary credit transactions, this article examines documentary credit by discussing relevant case law and by identifying the extent to which Bank Payment Obligation would respond to existing problems. It concludes that although Bank Payment Obligation has a number of similarities with Documentary Credit, its structure and nature in optimal conditions would be able, to a large extent to prevent fraud and Errors in international payment and reduce disputes in this field accordingly.
Ali Moghaddam Abrishami; Khadijeh Jamalinia
Abstract
In order to deal with existing problems in relation to documentary credit and electronic documentary credit, International of Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in cooperation with Swift and ISO, strived to adopt a new payment system, called: Bank Payment Obligation (BPO). The main part of the BPO relates to ...
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In order to deal with existing problems in relation to documentary credit and electronic documentary credit, International of Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in cooperation with Swift and ISO, strived to adopt a new payment system, called: Bank Payment Obligation (BPO). The main part of the BPO relates to data presented electronically to the bank by the seller. The role of the bank is to transfer the data to Trade Matching Application (TMA) in order to comply with the terms of BPO and to clear the payment. The purpose of the BPO is to minimize the risks associated with traditional documentary credit system, and to reduce the time and cost for examining data and proceeding with the payment. By conducting a comparative assessment, this article aims to illustrate problems pertaining to documentary credit problems by examining the limitations of the documentary credit system, and to discuss whether the BPO could address these problems. Although it remains to be seen whether the BPO could be regarded as an appropriate system, it would seem that the BPO may not meet the needs of international trade.
