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External Guarantee / Counter Guarantee

It is irrevocable commitment made by the guarantor bank against the beneficiary (Applicant).

What is External Guarantee / Counter Guarantee?

In Letter of Guarantee transactions, the performance of the party on behalf of whom the guarantee is issued (Customer) is guaranteed by the bank. In the event of Customer’s failure to fulfil its performance, the payment under the letter of guarantee is made upon the request of the Applicant.

The main difference between the letter of guarantee and letter of credit is its nature of assurance instrument. In letter of credit, the payment is made when the performance is fulfilled while the payment is made as compensation when the performance is not fulfilled in letter of guarantee.

Letters of Guarantee can be issued as direct or counter guarantee. Direct Guarantees contain a direct guarantee of the guarantor bank against the Applicant while Counter Guarantees are letters of guarantee issued by another bank called as counter guarantor bank against the guarantor bank in order to ensure the guarantor bank to issue a letter of guarantee against the Applicant.

Parties

Guarantor: The bank which undertakes and commits to pay the amount indicated in the letter of guarantee in full and in cash without raising any objection upon the first written demand of the Applicant in the event of failure to duly perform the work or fulfil the obligation.

Customer (Amir): Natural or legal person to whom the guaranteed amount will be refunded in the event of the party who will carry out the work, join the tender and receive the advance payment fails to fulfil its commitment or fails to act in accordance with the contract provisions.

Applicant: Party who benefits from the provision of the letter of guarantee.

Counter Guarantor: The bank which issues letter of counter guarantee against the guarantor bank as a security for the letter of guarantee to be issued by the guarantor bank againdt the Applicant.

What is the content?

Foreign Exchange Transfers (Swift)

SWIFT Network is an interbank global and secure communication and messaging network administrated by SWIFT, a cooperative formed by member banks. Via this network, member banks can communicate with each other in secure channels and send instructions to each other to make international payments and carry out various financial activities.

The banks sign correspondent banking agreements with the banks in different countries to benefit from the services offered by those banks in order to carry out the relevant brokerage transactions. Foreign exchange transfers are carried out through correspondent banks which are resident in the countries where the foreign currency type to be transferred is the local currency.

SWIFT GPI

Transfers made by our Bank via SWIFT can be tracked end-to-end with SWIFT GPI.

What is SWIFT GPI Service?

SWIFT GPI (Global Payments Innovation) is a services which ensures the fast delivery of the transfers to the recipient and tracking of all the details and deductions transparently.

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