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[Main Tabs]     [Table of Contents - 4000]     [Index]     [Previous Page]     [Next Page]     [Search] 4000 - Advisory Opinions Dealer's Bank Agreement Conforms to 12 CFR 337.2 Definition of Standby Letter of Credit FDIC-85-1 January 9, 1985 Jules Bernard, Senior Attorney   Thank you for your letters of March 21, June 29, and November 5, 1984. I regret that the FDIC has not answered you sooner. Please accept my apology on behalf of the agency.   In your letter of March 21, 1984, you enclosed a copy of an agreement that *** asks its dealers' banks to execute. The agreement authorizes *** (the beneficiary of the arrangement) to ship equipment to its dealers, and to present the invoices directly to the bank; the bank agrees to make payment to *** on behalf of the dealer.   I note that the agreement contains several safeguards for the bank. Before *** ships any equipment to its dealer in accordance with the agreement, *** must contact the bank and receive the bank's approval for the shipment. In addition, the bank may terminate the authorization upon twenty-four hours' notice.   You posed the following question:   The issue specifically presented is whether or not the attached Letter of Guaranty violates the provisions of 12 CFR Section 332.1, which generally prohibits a state non-member bank from assuming the power "to guaranty or become surety upon the obligations of others".   In my view, the agreement conforms to the definition of a "standby letter of credit" set forth in section 337.2(a) of the FDIC's regulations, 12 C.F.R. § 337.2(a). Accordingly, the prohibition expressed in Part 332 does not bar the use of the agreement. [Main Tabs]     [Table of Contents - 4000]     [Index]     [Previous Page]     [Next Page]     [Search]

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