A Study on the Institutional Perspective and Application for a Bank Payment Obligation as a International Payment Solution

국제결제제도로서 BPO의 제도적 관점과 그 운용에 관한 연구

Bank payment obligations (BPO) have been used since 2013 as a payment solution in the business of supply chain finance. 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 advanced technology and data-driven mechanisms. The BPO differs from the credit in institutional terms such as bank-to-bank obligations, automated matching engines, and transfer and confirmation, etc. The BPO can also be used effectively as a stand-alone electronic solution to traditional instruments. it provides a new range of solutions to meet the ever-changing needs of trade customers. However, Operation of the BPO can leads to several issues including an assurance of payment between recipient banks and sellers because the BPO is a bank-to-bank obligation. The URBPO does not apply to relationships between banks and their business clients. So, the primary objective of this paper is to promote institutional understanding and present implications by reviewing major issues concerning the BPO as compared with the letter of credit from the institutional point of view. This research was based on documentary research focusing on the preceding research and the materials of ICC and SWIFT.

본 연구는 현재·시행되고 있는 BPO의 디지털 프로세스와 그 지급에 있어서 제도적 관점에서 기존 제도와 비교·분석하였다. BPO는 기능 면에 있어서 신용장과 유사하지만, 전자적 환경을 기반으로 한 은행 간의 지급약정이기 때문에 그 운용에 있어서는 전통적인 제도와는 많은 차이가 있다. 즉 BPO 거래에서의 책임과 의무, 지급 매카니즘, 거래당사자의 역할, 신용장의 확인과 양도 등에 있어서 많은 차이를 보이고 있다. 그러나 BPO는 정보기술을 기반으로 운용되기 때문에 더 효율적이며 비용 효과적이다. 본 연구는 BPO의 선행 연구를 기반으로 이미 발표된 BPO 관련 연구와 자료 등을 중심으로 문헌 연구하였다.