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Course Overview

"GTB Trade Finance (Level 3)" provides an in-depth exploration of documentary credit, focusing on pre-issuance considerations, the roles and responsibilities of banks involved, examination of shipping documents, disclaimers, and various articles related to letters of credit (LCs) under UCP600.

Learning Outcome

Identify pre-issuance considerations

Identify roles and responsibilities of the issuing bank, confirming bank, advising bank, and nominated bank

Identify cases for banks’ disclaimers

Identify different types of shipping documents and their examinations

Identify Letters of credit cycle

Explain the transferable letter of credit and assignment of proceeds

Course Outline


  • Different types of approvals needed for LC issuance
  • Letters of Credit’s SWIFT types format and necessary fields

  • LC issuance, amendment, advising, confirmation, and settlement
  • Presentation and examination of documents

  • When UCP600 will apply
  • What’s the difference between honor and negotiation
  • The documentary credit and the contract of sale
  • Place of presentation and availability

  • Roles and responsibilities of the Issuing bank, article 7
  • Roles and responsibilities of the Confirming bank, article 8
  • Roles and responsibilities of the Advising bank, article 9
  • Roles and responsibilities of the Nominated bank, article 12

  • Standards of examination of documents
  • Complying presentation under documentary credit
  • Differentiation between original and copies
  • Examination of shipping documents

  • Disclaimer on Effectiveness of Documents
  • Disclaimer on Transmission and Translation
  • Disclaimer for Acts of an Instructed Party

  • Amendment of documentary credit
  • Tolerance
  • Partial shipment and drawings, Instalment
  • Drawings or Shipments
  • Force Majeure
  • Transferable credit and Assignment of proceeds

Who Should Attend

Trade finance professionals seeking advanced knowledge in documentary credit=Bankers specializing in global transaction banking (GTB)=Trade operations officers responsible for LC processing=Compliance officers ensuring adherence to UCP600 guidelines=Legal professionals involved in trade finance documentation