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This article is about using Bank Guarantees (BG) and Letters of Credit (LC) In International Trade<\/h2>\n

Bank Guarantees (BG) and Letters of Credit (LC) Are Used In International Trade Transactions To Finance Imports.<\/h5>\n
International trade is a risky activity \u2013 importers may not pay after receiving the goods and exporters may not deliver if they are paid in advance. To reduce the risk of international commerce, banks offer specific trade finance products, the most prominent being letters of credit (LCs) and bank guarantees (BG).<\/div>\n
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Grand City Investment Limited helps its clients to obtain bank guarantees, letters of credits and other financial instruments from prime banks such as Citibank New York, Chase Bank, Welsfargo Bank, Bank of America, HSBC Hong Kong, Barclays bank London, Standard Chartered Bank Dubai, UBS Switzerland, Deusche Bank AG Germany etc.<\/div>\n
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A bank guarantee and a letter of credit<\/a> are both promises from a financial institution that a borrower will be able to repay a debt to another party, no matter what the debtor’s financial circumstances. While different, both bank guarantees and letters of credit assure the third party that if the borrowing party can’t repay what it owes, the financial institution will step in on behalf of the borrower.<\/div>\n
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By providing financial backing for the borrowing party (often at the request of the other one), these promises serve to reduce risk factors, encouraging the transaction to proceed. But they work in slightly different ways and in different situations.<\/div>\n
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Letters of credit are especially important in\u00a0international trade<\/a> due to the distance involved, the potentially differing laws in the countries of the businesses involved, and the difficulty of the parties meeting in person. While letters of credit are primarily used in global transactions, bank guarantees are often used in real estate contracts and infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n

Bank Guarantee for international trade by Grand City Investment Limited<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bank Guarantees and letters of credit are the perfect method of import financing, providing protection to both importers and exporters in cross-border trade. Bank Guarantees and letters of credit offer an absolute guarantee of performance and payment to the exporter, who then bears no further payment default risk, which positions the importer to negotiate more favorable deal terms.<\/div>\n
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Many development banks run large trade finance program today; the International Finance Corporation, a part of the World Bank Group supports the confirmation of LCs with about $5 billion per year with a particular focus on the least developed countries. Despite the large policy interest, little is known about the relevance of LCs and similar trade guarantees for exporting, mainly due to a lack of data. Academic research has shed some light on the link between finance and trade in recent years but with a focus on general bank links and the role of credit for exporting firms. Amiti and Weinstein (2011), for example, showed that, in Japan, firms linked to under-performing banks reduced their exports. The effects of reductions in the supply of trade-specific financial products, such as LCs, which do not mainly address firms’ financing needs but lower the risk of international transactions, have not been investigated.<\/span><\/div>\n

Understanding Bank Guarantees <\/span><\/h2>\n

Bank guarantees represent a more significant contractual obligation for banks than letters of credit do.\u00a0A bank guarantee, like a letter of credit, guarantees a sum of money to a beneficiary. The bank only pays that amount if the opposing party does not fulfill the obligations outlined by the contract. The guarantee can be used to essentially insure a buyer or seller from loss or damage due to nonperformance by the other party in a contract.<\/p>\n

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Bank guarantees protect both parties in a contractual agreement from credit risk. For instance, a construction company and its cement supplier may enter into a contract to build a mall. Both parties may have to issue bank guarantees to prove their financial bona fides and capability. In a case where the supplier fails to deliver cement within a specified time, the construction company would notify the bank, which then pays the company the amount specified in the bank guarantee.<\/p>\n

Types of Bank Guarantees <\/span><\/h3>\n

Bank guarantees are just like any other kind of financial instrument<\/a>\u2014they can take on a variety of different forms. For instance, direct guarantees are issued by banks in both domestic and foreign business. Indirect guarantees are commonly issued when the subject of the guarantee is a government agency or another public entity.<\/p>\n

The most common kinds of guarantees include:<\/p>\n