Contour

Contour Application

Co-draft Documentary credit (DC) applications together with their supplier (beneficiary)
Send DC applications to any of their banks that are in the Contour network
Co-draft amendment requests, and then submit them to the issuing bank
Present documents against an advised DC, including digital uploaded PDF’s or through an integrated digital document provider such as essDocs
Mixed presentations are supported, where some documents are paper and others are digital
Be able to manage discrepant presentations by providing an acceptance waiver to the issuing bank if desired
Surrender electronic bills of lading through integration with digital eBL provider such as essDocs

Issue a DC compliant with UCP and eUCP directly through Contour, as well as any required amendments
Advise the DC to the exporter/beneficiary
Add a confirmation to the DC if required or requested to do so
Receive, view and verify all Documents presented against the DC
Return or accept presented documents including all required messages such as notices of refusal, etc.
Release accepted documents to the Applicant/Importer, including any digital documents through integrations with digital document providers.

Send and receive “peer to peer” messages to one or more parties involved in any particular transaction, with all messages directly associated with the singular transaction to provide easy audits
Manage transactions in a guided workflow to make next actions and available actions easy to understand
See real time status updates on all transactions, including who the next party to action is
Receive notifications on updates to their application through email
Manage a set of administrators and users for the application with up to three levels of approval (self administration)

For full details of each use case above, please read the associated user guide for your specific release at here