Online Course on Documentary Collections

On-line Workshop on Documentary Collection Operations

When: 7 October 2026; from 09:00 CET TIME (Central European Time) till 13:00 CET (half day course)
Where: Online (platform ZOOM)
Contents:
A comprehensive, practice‑focused course covering the full lifecycle of documentary collection operations — from filling in principal´s (drawer´s) collection instructions and submitting documents for collection through remitting these collection documents to a collecting bank, presentation, fulfilment of collection conditions (D/P or D/A) and final settlement. The programme applies URC 522 in a highly practical way, combining clear procedural guidance, real‑life examples and drafting exercises so participants leave able to prepare, review and process documentary collections with confidence and minimal operational risk. 

Practical Seminar on Documentary Collections for Practitioners:
An intensive, practice‑driven seminar for banking and corporate professionals who handle documentary collections daily. The programme teaches how to process a documentary collection from both the exporter's and its remitting bank's perspectives, and the importer's and its collecting bank's perspectives. Participants will learn how to prepare correct collection instructions, how to handle received collection documents, what the difference is between D/P (documents against payment) and D/A (documents against acceptance) collection conditions, how to correctly draw a bill of exchange, and the main bill of exchange practices (regarding, e.g., endorsements, protests, and acceptance). Through real‑life examples, model scenarios, and hands‑on drafting exercises, participants will master the principles of documentary collections under URC 522, learn to prevent common mistakes and disputes, and gain the confidence to protect the bank’s or client’s position in everyday operations.

Key benefits:
Practical skills for handling documentary collections that reduce mistakes and disputes. Operational improvements to speed processing and lower the rate of errors and delays. Real cases and examples you can apply immediately in your workflow. 
Who will benefit:
Trade finance bankers, front‑office specialists and relationship managers; bank lawyers, auditors and compliance officers; corporate sales, finance, treasury and legal teams; exporters, importers and traders.

Lecturer:  Bc. Pavel Andrle, LL.M.: 
 
- International trade finance advisor, consultant and trainer — Founder, Owner and Director of Trade Finance Consulting, s.r.o. With decades of hands on experience, he helps banks and corporates turn complex documentary rules into reliable, day to day practice. 
 
- Former trade finance banker with senior roles across documentary payments, guarantees and export/import finance.       His practical banking background ensures advice that is both technically sound and operationally realistic. 
 
- ICC leadership and expert roles — Secretary to the Banking Commission of ICC Czech Republic; frequent DOCDEX Expert at         the ICC International Centre for ADR in Paris; member of the ICC Banking Commission Task Force on Guarantees and the Working Group on Digitalization of Trade Finance and also GSCFF. 
 
 - Trusted educator and author — Certified ICC trainer on Incoterms 2020, vice chair of the ICC Banking Commission ISBP Educational Project, frequent contributor to leading trade finance publications, and author of best selling practical guides Examination of Documents under Documentary Credits and Documentary Credits in Practice. His books demystify complex rules and give practitioners clear, usable procedures.