Documentary payments in international trade

The aim of bachelor thesis is to describe the problems of documentary payments in international trade. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first one is devoted to a letter of credit under UCP 600, its legal nature, the standard model during the operation, types and availability of letters of credit. Another chapter details the documents that could be used for documentary payments and following control of the bank. The third chapter discusses the documentary collection as defined by the URC 522. This chapter provides information on collection instructions, conditions of documentary collections and other aspects of this banking product. The last chapter is devoted to a comparison of documentary credit and collection in terms of institutionalization, elimination of risks, financial performance, examination of the documents and several other aspects. The conclusion contains a summary of presented information