This method of payment has become the most popular form in recent times, as the credit and payment risks of the exporter can be eliminated under appropriate forms of documentary credit. Incidentally, this method of payment is the costliest from the standpoint of the importer. Documentary credits have been described in the following terms: any arrangement however named or described whereby a bank the issuing bank acting at the request and in accordance with the instructions of a customer ( the applicant for the credit) (1) is to make payment or to the order of a third party (the beneficiary), or (2) authorizes such payment to be made or such Drafts to be paid, accepted or negotiated by another bank against stipulated documents provided that the terms and conditions of the credit are complied with. In simpler terms, under documentary credits the importer approaches his bank which, on the basis of the instructions given by the importer,... (more...)
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This method of payment has become the most popular form in recent times, as the credit and payment risks of the exporter can be eliminated under appropriate forms of documentary credit. Incidentally, this method of payment... (more...)
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