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DIRECT PAY LETTER OF CREDIT Definition & Legal Meaning

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A LETTER OF CREDIT facility where a BANK automatically pays the BENEFICIARY an agreed amount and then seeks repayment from the underlying customer that has drawn the letter of credit; the beneficiary thus never faces the customer.

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