The Standby Letter of credit was created by American bankers for purpose of evading the prohibitive law that Banks should not provide guaranties for others.

美国的银行界为了规避法律不允许银行为第三人提供担保的规定而创立了备用证。

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The Treasury plans to introduce a "voluntary" code that would require banks to obey the spirit as well as the letter of tax law.

根西岛计划出台一部“自愿”法规，要求银行遵守新的规定，并且遵守法律的字面条文。

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Many Banks in Europe now carry accounts in Renminbi with the bank of Chinese, Beijing. They are in a position to open letter of credit and effect payment in Renminbi.

现在欧洲有许多银行与北京的中国银行都有人民币帐户往来，他们能够开立信用证并且用人民币支付。

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And the big banks could stick to the letter of the Basel rules and appear to be sound, when in fact they were massive, fiendishly complex and impenetrable institutions taking insane risks.

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My hope is that all banks will not only comply with the letter of the law, but also with the spirit of it as well, offering reasonable pay for performance, as well as pay that is appropriately sensitive, or leveraged, to performance.

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After the death of a parent, send a letter or call the banks and credit card companies to cancel cards and let them know that the cardholder has died.

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