A Study on the Institutional Review and Main Implications under a Bank Payment Obligation

BPO의 제도적 고찰과 그 주요 시사점에 관한 연구

A Bank Payment Obligation is now in operation as payment instruments in the business of Supply Chain Finance since 2013. The BPO is an irrevocable undertaking of the Obligor Bank subject to the successful electronic matching of all required Data Sets with the established Baseline in the TMA. Although the BPO should be regarded as similar to a Letter of Credit, it is a new payment solution based on a technology and data-driven mechanisms. The BPO is different from the letter of credit in their structure such as a bank to bank obligation, an automated matching engine, a transfer and confirmation of the Credit, etc. The BPO can also be used more effectively on a stand-alone solution as an electronic alternative to the traditional instruments. it will provide a new range of solutions to meet the ever-changing needs of the trade customers. However, the BPO could be raised several issues including an assurance of payment between recipient banks and sellers because the BPO is a bank-to-bank obligation. The URBPO do not applies to the relationships between banks and their business clients. So, the primary objective of this paper is to promote the institutional understanding and present the implications by reviewing the majn issues in the BPO as comparision with the Letter of Credit from the institutional point of view. This research was also based on documentary research focusing on the preceding research and the materials of ICC and SWIFT.

본 연구는 현재 시행되고 있는 BPO에 대해 제도적 차원에서 주요 쟁점으로 중심으로 신용장 제도와 비교하여 고찰하였다. BPO는 은행간의 약정이기 때문에 지급의무의 이행, 확인, 양도 등에 있어서 신용장제도와 차이를 보이며, 또한 유의해야 할 점이다. BPO은 기본적으로 기능 면에서 신용장과 유사하지만, 별개의 독립적인 제도로 운용되며 정보기술과 데이터를 기반으로 한다. 신용장을 포함한 전통적인 제도 보다는 더 효율적이며 비용 효과적이다. 따라서 전통적인 제도에 대한 전자적 대안으로 보여진다. 본 연구는 선행 연구를 중심으로 이미 발표된 BPO 관련 연구와 자료 등을 통하여 문헌 연구하였다.