Delivery of Letters of Credit - GMSLA Provision
2010 Global Master Securities Lending Agreement
Clause 8.5 in a Nutshell™ Use at your own risk, campers!
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Summary
... and a Letter of Credit is what, exactly?
An old fashioned form of credit support. A bank writes an unconditional letter promising to pay a (usually large) sum on money on demand and without argument to a third party on behalf of a client. This gets small companies a bit of breathing space with trade creditors. Banks charge through the nose for them: they are a form of committed funding.
Lots of formal rules and legal form-obeisance.