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Direct Collections - a check list to avoid problems

When you are using the Direct Collection on our web-based Trade Finance Net Services, i.e. export collections sent directly by yourself to the buyer’s bank for account of Nordea but without passing Nordea, there are a few things we would like you to pay special attention to due to international and national sanctions and other restrictions:

Do not use USD to the following countries and banks:
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Worldwide All Iranian banks
Lebanon Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank
Myanmar All banks
Nicaragua Central Bank of Nicaragua
North Korea All banks
Sudan All banks
Syria All banks
Do not send any Direct Collection to the following banks independent of the currency:
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World wide

All Iranian banks or their affiliates such as Arian Bank, Afganistan; Mellat Bank SB , Armenia; Bank Melli Iran ZAO, Russia; Banco Intenacional de Desarrollo CA, Venzuela

Bahrain

Future Bank

Germany

Europäisch-Iranische Handelsbank

Iran All banks
United Kingdom

Bank Sepah Intl., Bank Melli Plc, Persia International Bank Plc

Algeria* All banks
Turkey HSBC

Venezuela

Banco Intenacional de Desarrollo CA

Collections to above countries/banks should be sent as Regular collections through Nordea.
*) Only DC as payment method is acceptabe for amounts exceeding approx. EUR 1,000.

Contact your Trade Finance Adviser for more information.

Some countries and banks are still not used to receive direct collections, so if you are not certain about the position of the foreign bank you intend to use, please contact your Trade Finance Adviser. You can find the address at nordea.com/tradefinance.

As the sanctions and restrictions in force internationally and in certain national regulations (e.g. in the USA) are frequently changed, we cannot guarantee that the list above is conclusive and updated at any time. Accordingly, we disclaim any responsibility should it not be complete.