Training Programmes
Three taught tracks that ladder together, and a catalogue of focused courses on every ICC rulebook a trade desk works under — for individuals, and delivered in-house for bank and corporate teams.
The three tracks
An overview of international trade and the risk each side carries, then the four methods of payment — advance payment, open account, documentary collections and letters of credit — set out so you can see exactly what protection each one buys, and what it costs the other party. The right starting point for anyone new to a trade desk.
The instruments and the rulebooks applied to real transactions: UCP 600 and ISBP 821 in document examination, transport and insurance documents, specialised structures such as transferable and back-to-back credits, standbys and guarantees, collections under URC 522, and sanctions screening. Built for practitioners who already handle credits and want to stop being surprised by them.
The full certification programme — eight modules, discrepancy drills on genuine document sets, timed mock exams marked with individual feedback, and direct faculty access through to your exam date.
See the full CDCS programmeBasics of Trade · 16 hours
The four payment methods are taught in the order a trade desk meets them, so by the end you can say which one a given deal should be on — and why.
Course catalogue
Certificate for Documentary Credit Specialists — the full 100-hour preparation programme for the LIBF examination.
Certificate for Specialists in Demand Guarantees — preparation for the LIBF examination on URDG 758 and guarantee practice.
How a cross-border trade actually gets paid: the risks on each side and the four payment methods that manage them.
The instruments and rulebooks applied to live transactions — for practitioners who already handle credits.
The Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, article by article, with the situations each one was written for.
International Standard Banking Practice — how examiners actually read documents, and where presentations fail.
Uniform Rules for Bank-to-Bank Reimbursements — reimbursement authorisations, undertakings and claims under a credit.
Uniform Rules for Collections — documentary collections, D/P and D/A, and the obligations of each bank in the chain.
Hands-on examination of real document sets against the credit, UCP 600 and ISBP 821 — finding discrepancies and deciding what to do about them.
The two rulebooks for guarantees and standbys — demand guarantees under URDG 758, standby letters of credit under ISP98, and when each applies.
Structuring, issuing and examining standbys — performance, financial and direct-pay — under ISP98 and UCP 600.
How money moves under a trade instrument — SWIFT messaging, reimbursement, settlement timelines and where payments get stuck.
Corporate delivery: any course above can be run for a bank or corporate team, on your premises or online, with the examples drawn from your own document sets.
A line about your role and what you handle day to day is enough for us to say which programme fits — or whether you should start with a single rulebook course instead.
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