
- •Banking 1 documentary credit
- •1.1 The importer applies to the bank for opening the credit
- •1.2 The buyer places an order and informs the seller of the opening of the l/c
- •1.3 The seller receives the order and confirms it
- •1.4 The bank advises the seller that the credit is available (I.E. Confirms the credit)
- •1.5 The seller sends the documents to the bank
- •Documentary credit part II
- •2.1 The buyer replies to the seller’s request to prolong the time of delivery and discusses amendments to the l/c
- •2.2 The buyer advises the bank of the amendment agreed upon with the seller
- •3.1 The buyer informs the seller of discrepancies in the documents
- •3.2 The buyer advises the seller of payment and asks to comply with the requirements of the credit
- •4 The bank advises the buyer of payment
- •Part II
- •Vocabulary
- •Part II
- •Part II
- •Banking 2 documentary collection. Some aspects of commercial banking
- •1.1. The collection order of a bank
- •1.2 Documents are presented for collection
- •1.3 A collection order is not acknowledged
- •1.4 Returning the accepted drafts
- •1.5 Payment guarantee granted by the bank
- •2 Letter of guarantee
- •2.1 Correspondance on letter of guarantee
- •2.2 Payment guarantee granted by the bank
- •2.3 Performance guarantee granted by the bank
- •Part II
- •3 Some aspects of commercial banking
- •3.1 Opening a current account
- •3.2 Problems on standing order
- •3.3 Request for an overdraft
- •3.4 Advice of granting an overdraft
- •Vocabulary
- •Part II
- •Part II
- •Transportation
- •1.1 Request for a quotation for delivery by road
- •Quotation for delivery by road
- •1.3 Advice of delivery from consignor to consignee
- •1.4 Waybill
- •2.1 Delivery by rail
- •2.2 Consignor's reply
- •2.3 Railway bill
- •3.1 Delivery by air. Enquiry for freight rates
- •3.2 Quotation for delivery by air
- •3.3 Airway bill
- •1.4 Waybill
- •2.3 Railway bill
- •3.3 Airwaybill
- •Consignment; to consign
- •Vocabulary
- •Marine transportation
- •Request for freight rates and sailings
- •Shipping company’s reply
- •1.3 Shipping instructions sent to a shipping company
- •1.4 Instructions to a forwarding agent
- •1.5 Advice of despatch
- •1.6 Bill of lading
- •2.1 Telex enquiry for a time-charter
- •2.2 Enquiry for a time-charter
- •2.3 Offer of a vessel for carrying ore
- •2.4 Shipbroker’s reply confirming the fixture of a vessel
- •2.5 General charter
- •1.6 Bill of lading
- •2.5 General charter
- •Liner vs tramp
- •Cargo, freight, load
- •Shipping conference
- •Baltic Exchange
- •Loading dates
- •Vocabulary
- •Packing and marking
- •1.1 Enquiry to a container company
- •1.2 Container company’s reply
- •2.1 Customer’s instructions to packer
- •2.2 Packer’s information to customer
- •3 Information about marking
- •Barrel, cask, hogshead, keg
- •2. Paint vs dye
- •3. Stevedore, stevedores
- •Vocabulary
- •Contract of carriage
- •Carnet; tir Carnet; tir; cmr
- •Vocabulary
- •Insurance
- •Request for marine insurance quotation
- •1.2. Quotation for marine insurance
- •1.3. Claim
- •1.4. Reply to claim
- •2.1. Request for open cover
- •2.2. Quotation for open cover
- •2.3 Notification of shipment under open cover
- •Indemnification vs indemnity
- •Average
- •Average adjuster, average adjustment
- •4. Assessor
- •5. Underwriter
- •6. Interest
- •Vocabulary
2.2 Payment guarantee granted by the bank
Seeking security of payment in foreign trade Sellers may demand a first-rate bank guarantee from Buyers. Banks issue payment guarantees charging commissions.
UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND Haldenstrasse 118 3000 Bern 22 Switzerland |
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Our ref. Your ref.
25th April 20__ Putney & Raven Merchants Ltd. 123-5 Lowland Street London EC1 2RH United Kingdom
Dear Sirs,
You concluded contract No. 78-u for the supply of machinery for the amount of £250,000 with Stroganov & Co. on 15th April. As security for the payment of the goods, an indemnity by a bank shall be furnished.
At the request of Stroganov & Co. we, the Union Bank of Switzerland, hereby irrevocably undertake to pay you on first demand, irrespective of the validity and the effects of the above mentioned contract and waiving all rights of objections and defense arising therefrom, any amount up to £250,000 upon receipt of your duly signed request for payment stating that:
a) you have delivered the goods in conformity with the contract and that b) you have not received payment at maturity of the sum claimed under this guarantee.
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The total amount of this indemnity will be reduced by any payment effected hereunder.
For the purpose of identification, your request for payment in writing has to be presented to us through the intermediary of a first-rate bank confirming that the signatures thereon are legally binding upon you.
Your claim is also acceptable if transmitted to us in full by duly encoded telex/cable through a first-rate bank confirming that your original claim has been sent to us by registered mail and that the signatures thereon are legally binding upon you. Your claim will be considered as having been made once we are in possession of your written request for payment or telex or cable to this effect at our above address.
Our indemnity is valid until 25th June 20__ and expires in full and automatically if your claim has not been made on or before that date, regardless of such date being a banking day or not.
This indemnity is governed by Swiss law, place of jurisdiction is Zurich.
Yours faithfully, T.Shurgold T.Shurgold Union Bank of Switzerland
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2.3 Performance guarantee granted by the bank
UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND Haldenstrasse 118 3000 Bern 22 Switzerland |
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Our ref. Your ref.
14th July 20__ HAPROGETS INC. 78 HT, Box 90, Pleemload, Chicago USA
Dear Sirs,
In accordance with Contract No. H-5/21 dated 28 May 20__ which you signed with Keiser AG, Geneva, for the supply of precision equipment you undertook to effect an advance payment in U.S. Dollars which represents 5% (five percent) of the contract value amounting to U.S. Dollars 1,800,000.00.
We, the Union Bank of Switzerland, hereby undertake to irrevocably and unconditionally, on your first demand, refund to you the paid advance payment amounting to U.S. Dollars 90,000.00 together with the annual interest at 7,5% (seven and half percent), in case the above-mentioned firm fails to fulfil its obligations stipulated in the contract.
This guarantee shall come into force on the date of your effecting the advance payment and be valid until the delivery has been effected but not later than 30 September 20__. In case the delivery is postponed for reasons depending on the supplier of the equipment this guarantee will be prolonged for the time of the delay in delivery.
Cont.
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This letter of guarantee should be returned to us immediately upon the delivery and our obligations under this letter of guarantee will cease on that date regardless of whether the guarantee has been returned to us or not.
Yours faithfully, J.Guttenberg J.Guttenberg Union Bank of Switzerland
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