Key legal question
Whether the confirmed documentary credit had to be honored despite the FCR naming the issuer as 'srl' instead of 'spa'.
Extracted holding
No. The discrepancy was not a mere harmless typo; under the documentary-credit principle the bank could rely on the documentary mismatch and refuse honor.
Extracted reasoning
The bank had to assess only the documents' outward conformity with the credit terms. The differing corporate form and wrong letterhead meant the issuer's identity was not clear from the documents alone, and the bank had no duty to investigate further.