International Trade and Finance Masterclass

Trade finance, structured trade and commodity finance professionals, corporate, commercial and wholesale bankers, relationship managers and corporate credit teams, risk, compliance, legal and internal audit staff, and middle-office, collateral and letter-of-credit teams. It builds the core technical knowledge and the ability to apply it in the workplace.

Methods of settlement, documentary collections and credits, guarantees and standby letters of credit, the Incoterms rules and trade documentation, the roles and responsibilities of every party to a transaction, and the use of SWIFT and correspondent banking including FX transactions. Sustainability, digital disruption and innovation are examined as forces reshaping the industry.

Yes. The fundamentals of fraud prevention and trade-based financial crime compliance run through the programme, with fraud risk assessed at document level — because a mis-read Incoterm, a document discrepancy or an unexamined counterparty turns routine business into loss.

Yes. BIZENIUS delivers the programme in English and French, and an in-house edition can be tailored to your trade corridors and product mix. Sessions run on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request; fees and quotations are provided on enquiry.