logistics · foundational
Export Credit and Payment Risk Basics
Compare letters of credit, documentary collections, and open account with ASEAN buyer profiles.
- Duration
- 3 weeks
- Format
- live workshops
- Region focus
- ASEAN
- Tuition (info)
- THB 5,100
Overview
Role-play document examination timelines, discrepancies, and when exporters should push for LC terms. Includes a conservative module on forfaiting at overview level only.
What is included
- UCP-focused reading plan (high level)
- Bangkok exporter case: LC vs OA decision
- Discrepancy log template
- Short module on country risk indicators (public indices)
- Workshop: read a sample LC fields list
- Ethics: avoiding over-promising financing outcomes
- Checklist: aligning Incoterms with payment method
Outcomes
- Choose payment rails appropriate to buyer trust level
- Prepare cleaner banking instructions
- Spot unrealistic payment promises in draft contracts
Lead facilitator
Sofia Lindström
Curriculum producer; former corporate training on trade finance basics.
Participant questions
Bank partnership?
We are education-only; no credit facilitation.
Crypto or blockchain?
Not covered.
Limitation?
Does not replace relationship managers or credit committees.
Experience notes
LC fields workshop made our ops team less afraid of the SWIFT printout.