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Friday, August 22, 2014

The BPO & Friends have a Stranglehold on the LC and will soon finally lay it to rest…

Read why every business that accepts Standby Letters of Credit as collateral cover (security) for its sales transactions should switch to requiring Bank Payment Obligations (BPOs).

Discover how the BPO-Plus (BPO & Friends) will gradually but inexorably replace transaction related Documentary LCs over the next five years or less. The considerable rewards intrinsic to using BPO and electronic documents in combination are available to every trading partnership today; you should be benefiting.

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Ron Wells

Ron Wells is a B2B counterparty credit risk and trade finance practitioner and author of “Credit Risk Management – The Novel (Part One)”. This is not a text book, it is a story that follows the day to day work of a credit risk management team as they face and overcome various challenges. You are invited to ‘listen in’ to their conversations and read the outline of the solutions they employ. There is a parallel story that follows the adventures of James E Cricket, providing and undercurrent of twists and turns.

Ron also wrote “Global Credit Management – an Executive Summary” published by John Wiley & Sons. His books are sold by Amazon.com and other retail outlets.