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  2. List of business and finance abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    S t – Sales, during time period t. S&M – Sales & Marketing; SLR – Statutory Liquidity Ratio; S&OP – Sales and operations planning; SAAS – Software-as-a-Service; SAM – Strategic Asset Management or Software Asset Management; SBU – Strategic Business Unit; SBLC – Stand By Letter of Credit; SCM – Supply Chain Management; SCBA ...

  3. Letter of credit - Wikipedia

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    Image 1: After a contract is concluded between a buyer and a seller, the buyer's bank supplies a letter of credit to the seller. Image 2: The seller consigns the goods to a carrier in exchange for a bill of lading. Image 3: The seller provides the bill of lading to the bank in exchange for payment. The seller's bank then provides the bill to ...

  4. Business hours - Wikipedia

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    Business hours are the hours during the day in which business is commonly conducted. Typical business hours vary widely by country. Typical business hours vary widely by country. By observing common informal standards for business hours, workers may communicate with each other more easily and find a convenient divide between work life and home ...

  5. Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits

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    The ICC has developed and moulded the UCP by regular revisions, the current version being the UCP 600. The result is the most successful international attempt at unifying rules ever, as the UCP has substantially universal effect. The latest revision was approved by the Banking Commission of the ICC at its meeting in Paris on 25 October 2006.

  6. Demand guarantee - Wikipedia

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    The demand guarantee bridges the "gap of distrust" that exists between the parties. When the bank issues the demand guarantee, the beneficiary deals with a party whose financial strength he can trust and a party which would pay upon first demand regardless of an existing dispute between the parties on the performance of the underlying contract. [5]

  7. Brick-and-mortar banks vs. online banks: Pros and cons - AOL

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    Keeping your savings in a bank down the street may seem like the obvious play, but there may be real downsides for doing so. Brick-and-mortar banks vs. online banks: Pros and cons Skip to main content

  8. Advising bank - Wikipedia

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    The advising bank is not necessarily responsible for the payment of the credit which it advises the beneficiary of. The advising bank is usually located in the beneficiary's country. It can be (1) a branch office of the issuing bank or a correspondent bank, or (2) a bank appointed by the beneficiary. An important point is the beneficiary has to ...

  9. Buyer's credit - Wikipedia

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    In simple words it is the credit that is given by a bank to a foreign buyer where funds are paid directly to the buyer through a lending bank. The overseas banks usually lend the importer (buyer) based on the letter of comfort (a bank guarantee) issued by the importer's bank. For this service the importer's bank or buyer's credit consultant ...