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Letter of credit.

A bank's undertaking to pay an exporter against documents that conform to the credit — payment secured before shipment and released on performance rather than on trust.

What it means

A bank's undertaking to pay an exporter against documents that conform to the credit — payment secured before shipment and released on performance rather than on trust.

What goes wrong

GRAJ is not a bank and issues none. The job it does for a seller is done here by escrow: the buyer pays in first, and held money moves only when it was collected, not refunded, delivered and not disputed.

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