Messaging Types

SWIFT Messaging Types (MTs)

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Is a “Documentary Trade Credit” the future alternative for digital LCs?

A documentary trade credit (DTC) is a trade finance substitute for a commercial bank documentary letter of credit. A DTC is issued and negotiated under the same UCP guidelines as a documentary letter of credit; except the funds supporting the instrument are available with a third party international escrow company instead of a commercial bank.

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Is a “Documentary Trade Payment” the future of trade finance for the internet?

In this article, John Dunlop takes a look at a documentary trade payment (DTP) and whether it can be substituted for a documentary collection using UCP rules.

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2021: Zoom, Starlink, eRules. Is This Year Trade Finance Technology Is Going to Converge?

The Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating trends and technologies that came online before January 2020 and were just getting traction.

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PODCAST: SWIFT Messaging Types for Guarantees (S1 39)

Interbank and bank-to-corporate messaging remains a challenge, and whilst the industry welcomes moves towards structured data and SWIFT’s new messaging types, there are still challenges.

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Swift Codes 101: What Are They And How Do They Work?

SWIFT – Explained SWIFT codes are composed of eight to eleven alphanumeric characters. Here is the breakdown of the codes: First Four Characters. Only letters are used for this part,… read more →

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