Letter of Credit Price Calculator

Letter of Credit Pricing Calculator

Estimate LC issuance fees, optional confirmation fees, and (if applicable) usance financing cost. FX is pulled automatically, and benchmark rates can be pulled via FRED if you provide an API key.

This tool produces an estimate for planning and screening. For an executed quote and controls-led structure, request terms via Contact Us.

Client Inputs

Face value of the LC.
Benchmark auto-maps only for USD, EUR, GBP.
Used for prorating fees and (for usance) financing cost.
Used to set issuance bps (editable in Assumptions).
Higher collateral reduces estimated issuance bps.
Totals are shown in LC currency and reporting currency.
Market Data Settings (Optional)
If empty, benchmark rate is manual (used only for usance financing estimate).
Fallback if benchmark fetch fails or currency is unsupported.
FX is pulled from Frankfurter automatically when you refresh market data or change currencies. Benchmark pulls only work for USD (SOFR), GBP (SONIA), EUR (€STR).

Market Data

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Results

Assumptions Snapshot

Edit Pricing Assumptions
Applied per started quarter (90-day blocks).
Only used for usance financing estimate.
At 100% cash collateral, issuance bps reduce by this %. Linear.
These are placeholders. Real LC pricing depends on issuing bank, country risk, collateral package, controls, KYC, and facility structure.

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