SITPRO is the UK's trade facilitation body and is dedicated to making international trade easier.

The site includes a lot of practical information, such as discrepancy check lists.

One large task for the ICC is to publish the rules and practices governing the LC - e.g. the UCP 500 and "International standard banking Practice (ISBP) for the examination of documents under documentary credits.

This is initiated by the "Commission on Banking Technique and Practice". Please check their site for policy statements as well as status on the UCP revision.

The Institute of International Banking Law & Practice is a not-for-profit educational and research organization dedicated to achieving a better understanding of banking law and practice and their relationship to each other. For more than ten years, it has brought together leaders of the letter of credit community from the fields of banking, law, business, regulation, and academia in forums and educational events to foster and promote the exchange of ideas.

Objectives of ICC Czech Republich is to promote international trade, services and investment and to eliminate obstacles and distortions to international commerce.

The National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational institution affiliated with the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. The Center is dedicated to developing the legal infrastructure to build trade capacity and promote economic development in the Americas. The Center was founded in 1992 and has worked closely with the public and private sectors on legal reform and development of best business practices in a number of substantive areas, including (but not limited to) the following: alternative dispute resolution, banking, bankruptcy, business formation and associations, competition law and policy, customs, electronic commerce, environment, family law, intellectual property, investment securities, judicial reform and training, labor, products liability, real estate, securitization, secured transactions and transportation.

Boris Kozolchyk is founder and director of the Center

Unlocking Dead Capital: How Reforming Collateral Laws Improves Access to Finance

Author: Mehnaz Safavian, Heywood Fleisig and Jevgenijs Steinbuks

Date: 03/29/2006

Collateral can increase access to finance, especially for small firms, and lead to better terms for loan contracts. Many argue that firms are excluded from formal credit markets because they lack assets that can serve as collateral. In fact, firms generally have a wide array of productive assets that could secure a loan—but the legal framework prevents this. Reforming collateral laws can unlock “dead capital,” as seen in Albania and Romania.

Free Online Fraud Victim Assistance and Education Web Site where you learn about fraud from the voice of personal experience.

is a business and educational website focusing on international business. The site provides information on export-import marketing, management, letters of credit, export cargo insurance, shipping, logistics, manufacturing, purchasing, bar codes, and many more ...

T.O. Lee has a very comprehensive site, dealing with all kinds of trade related issues
 

A great LC page from Bangladesh. Highly recommended.