Our Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) is primarily issued by Bank Winter, a European Bank that was founded in 1892, was ranked 16th in the BIS ratio (The Banker) among the 1,000 largest banks worldwide and is one of the largest privately owned Merchant Banks in Europe who specialize in Trade Financing and Investment Banking.
A Standby Letter of Credit is often used to provide security for an obligation, such as a lease or other long-term contract. Landlords may require a deposit or a standby letter of credit that guarantees payment from the issuing bank if a tenant falls in arrears. Often, large contracts may require at least one of the parties to have a standby letter of credit in place for the transaction to move forward. Basically, a standby letter of credit guarantees the beneficiary that it will be paid from a creditworthy bank if it’s unable to get paid by its counterparty in a transaction.
Express provides standby letters of credit, allowing transactions to happen that otherwise might be considered too risky by the receiving entity.
IMPORTANT: Standby Letters of Credit (SBLC) are normally forms of payment security or payment guarantee between a Buyer and Seller of Goods. Therefore the Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) we provide clients are NOT MONETIZABLE and are NOT TRANSFERABLE like a Bank Guarantee (BG) would be. A Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) is a specialist payment mechanism that is used for a specific buy and sell goods transaction, a SBLC cannot be monetized by a 3rd party.
| Banks | LC | DLC | SBLC | BG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABN AMRO Bank | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Bank Hapoalim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bank of Baroda | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Bank of India | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Bank Leumi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bank Santander | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bank Winter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BNP Paribas | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| China Construction Bank | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| CIBC | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Citibank | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| City National Bank | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dah Sing Bank | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| DBS Bank | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| East West Bank | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Habib Bank | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hamni Bank | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HSBC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IDB Bank | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Indian Overseas Bank | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| New York Community Bank | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Standard Chartered Bank | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Standard Commerce Bank | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| TD Bank | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| UCO Bank | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| U.S. Credit Corp | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Wells Fargo | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
and a range of other additional Non Rated Banks and Financial Institutions as required by clients.
A letter of credit minimizes risk, maximizes control, and optimizes profits associated with international trade by making transactions simpler, smoother and safer for all sides.
Buyer Benefits
Seller Benefits
We use the Bank SWIFT Network to have the clients Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) delivered Bank to Bank. We operate a reliable, efficient delivery and authentication process to ensure all Standby Letters of Credit (SBLC) are successfully delivered for our clients.
We value our relationships with our clients so much that ALL CLIENT DEPOSITS for a Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) receive 2 Tiers of Protection which are:
Costs are customized to each Goods transaction and therefore a exact quote can be provided once an completed application is received, but as a pricing guide:
A Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) is normally issued within 72 hours of all documentation and payments being completed by the Applicant.
Unfortunately Trade Finance DLC, CLC, LC and SBLC are exempt and do not earn Broker Commissions. This is because Trade Finance deals have very small margins and tend to be smaller transactions between 200K and 3M.
Step 1: Application. Complete and return the Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) Application and Pay the $185 USD Application fee.
Step 2: Issuing of Draft. We will then create a draft of the Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) for you and your supplier to review.
Step 3: Draft Review and Opening Payment.
a) Once you and your supplier finalize the draft and sign off your acceptance of the
draft (changes are free of cost).
b) We then issue you with an Invoice for the Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC), which you
arrange to pay.
c) Upon receipt of your wire payment, we release the finalized Standby Letter of Credit
(SBLC) to the bank for issuance and delivery.
Step 4: Issuance. Typically, the bank will issue the Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) within 48 hours of release. Upon issuance, we email you a copy of the SBLC as transmitted by SWIFT, including the SBLC reference number. Your supplier’s bank should receive and confirm the Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) transmission shortly thereafter.
Step 5: Presentation of Documents. Once the supplier has prepared and loaded the goods for transit, they must present the specified documents for that shipment to their bank. Their bank will transmit these documents to our bank. We will email you copies of the presentation (and all documents submitted by the supplier) for your review and approval.
Step 6: Payment for Goods. Before our bank releases the original
documents, we must receive payment for the presentation. Upon receipt of payment, we
consign the documents to you and overnight them to your freight forwarder or whomever
you designate – thus completing the transaction.
- Any Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) that is required to be delivered to a Provider on this Banned Providers List.
- Any Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) application where the client cannot or does not want to pay the required Deposit.
- Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) required for a clients in Austria.
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We solely deal with real deals, real people and real Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) that
need to be delivered to our clients nominated bank account. The Bank SWIFT Network is
the Gold Standard that validates all aspects of this transaction and provides a
respected industry platform where a safe settlement can be facilitated. Close your
successful Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) transaction with finanscredit group
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