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L/C document checking in minutes, not hours.

Know what's wrong before your bank does.

Upload your L/C and documents, confirm what was read, and get every finding with its rule and a suggested fix. Under 3 minutes of processing. One refused presentation costs about €440 on our model, based on a €150,000 credit. Every assumption is editable.

No credit card. No sales call. No setup.

Live result · sample set
700 MT UREA · 6 documents
Checking
Examined against the rules banks and customs examine by
  • UCP 600
  • ISBP 821
  • Incoterms 2020
  • USITC HTS
  • UK Trade Tariff
  • EU, US, UK sanctions lists
Up to 3 in 4
documentary-credit presentations may be refused on first submission because of document discrepancies
ICC Academy estimate of 65-75%, updated 8 Aug 2024
€440
estimated cost of one refused presentation on a €150,000 credit
our model, every assumption editable
21 days
default time to present after shipment, Art. 14(c)
a late presentation is a discrepancy
under 3 minutes
of processing, from PDF to finding list
with article, fix text and cost
The pain

A discrepancy is not a typo. It is a cash-flow event.

What happens after a refusal, in the order your finance team feels it.

  1. Day 0

    The bank refuses the presentation

    A refusal notice lists the discrepancies and holds the documents at your disposal (Art. 16).

    €75fee
  2. Day 1 to 3

    Correct, courier, re-present

    New invoice, a corrected bill of lading, courier to the bank, a second examination.

    3 hrework
  3. From day 7

    Payment arrives later

    The invoice value stays tied up, and your credit line carries the delay.

    €230capital cost
  4. Deadline

    Presentation period or expiry passes

    Art. 14(c) and field 31D: a late presentation is a discrepancy, and the bank is not bound to pay. A delay becomes a negotiation with your buyer.

    unpaidrisk
What DocAccord does

One workflow, from the day the credit arrives to the border and beyond.

All capabilities
LC Clear

1 Pre-Shipment: When the credit arrives

  • Flags clauses the applicant controls and dates that cannot be met, the day you upload the credit
  • Compares an amendment with the credit it changes, field by field, and shows which changes favour you
  • Turns the presentation period and expiry of each checked credit into a deadline calendar, with an email when a date is close or overdue (calendar from the Business plan, email from the Professional plan)
Customs Clear

2 At Shipment: At the border (Customs Clear)

  • Checks that the invoice adds up and that invoice and packing list agree on net weight
  • Checks that each dutiable goods line has an HS code in valid format, and compares the invoice's country of origin with the one you confirm
  • Optional AI-assisted research on tariff classification and import duties, with cited sources
LC Clear

3 Post-Shipment: Before you present

  • Checks invoice, bill of lading, packing list, certificates and insurance against the credit and against each other, under UCP 600 and ISBP 821
  • Screens applicant, beneficiary, buyer, seller, banks, carrier, notify party and vessel by name against EU, US and UK sanctions lists
  • Separates insignificant typos in names and addresses from real discrepancies
LC Clear

4 After Presentation: if the bank refuses

  • Reads the bank's refusal notice and checks it against UCP 600 Art. 16
  • Shows whether you can still present again in time
  • Drafts your reply from fixed wording; you decide what to send
LC Clear

A result you can sign off

  • Every finding cites its rule, with suggested fix text and an estimated cost from assumptions you can edit
  • You confirm the extracted values before any rule runs, and a fixed rule engine, not the AI, decides
  • PDF audit report, and a named sign-off for findings that need a human decision, logged in the audit trail
How it works

Your L/C documents, checked against UCP 600 in under 3 minutes.

The check in detail
  1. 1

    Upload documents

    The credit (SWIFT MT700), commercial invoice, bill of lading and supporting documents as PDF. No re-typing.

  2. 2

    AI reads the fields

    A reading model extracts the relevant fields from every document. You confirm every field before the check.

  3. 3

    Rules decide deterministically

    A fixed, auditable rule engine checks against UCP 600, ISBP 821 and optionally eUCP. Same confirmed values, same result.

  4. 4

    Result with cost

    Every discrepancy with its rule, fix text and estimated cost, as a PDF audit report for internal sign-off.

Trust

Why you can trust the result

Same input, same result

The same confirmed values give the same finding on the same day under the same rule set. No chat that answers differently when you ask twice. Every check records the rule set version it ran on.

Every finding names its rule

Each finding shows the rule it rests on, such as UCP 600 Art. 14(d), and the value found next to the value expected. A finding without a rule reference is an assertion.

We say what we do not decide

The AI reads, it does not decide. Your bank examines independently and may reach a different conclusion. DocAccord is a pre-check, not a guarantee of acceptance, and not legal advice.

Customs Clear customer
“As a trading company handling international shipments, speed and compliance accuracy are everything. We used Customs Clear by DocAccord for a complex import declaration, and the system instantly flagged a critical HS code format error while surfacing crucial CARICOM regulatory requirements for Trinidad & Tobago in under 2 minutes. What previously required hours of manual checking with customs brokers is now condensed into a clear, audit-proof 1-click report. Based on this experience, we will be utilizing DocAccord's LC Clear for all our upcoming Letter of Credit transactions.”
MNAS

Mark Ramgoolie

Managing Director, MNAS

Cost calculator

What do discrepancies really cost you?

Bank fee, internal rework and the later payment, from your own numbers. An estimate, not a guarantee; every assumption is editable. At the defaults below, 4 L/C shipments a month cost about €10,563 a year in refusals.

Discrepancies / month2
Cost / month€880
Cost / year€10,563
Bank feesReworkDelayed payment

Prices are on the pricing page.

Security and company

Your trade data stays confidential

We do not keep your uploaded files

Uploaded files are not retained after processing. We keep the check report and the check metadata for your report history, and may keep the confirmed L/C terms for reuse. Reports and stored L/C terms are deleted automatically after two years.

EU hosting in an ISO/IEC 27001-certified data centre

The application and database are hosted in Germany. AI processing is done by the providers named in the privacy policy, some of them in the USA under Standard Contractual Clauses.

Encrypted in transit, no training on your documents

All traffic is TLS-encrypted, with certificates renewed automatically. DocAccord does not use your documents to train AI models.

DocAccord is built in Germany and operated by DocAccord Group Ltd, London. Founder and Managing Director: Albert Rempel.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does DocAccord replace my bank's examination?+

No. DocAccord is a pre-check you run before submission. The final examination under UCP 600 stays with the issuing, advising or confirming bank, and it may reach a different conclusion. The aim is fewer surprises there.

What happens if the AI misreads a document?+

The AI only reads the documents; it does not decide anything. Before any rule runs you see every extracted field, with anything the reader was unsure of marked, and you correct it. The pass or fail decision then comes from a fixed rule engine that cites the rule it applied, not from the AI. For poor scans, check the marked fields against the original.

What about false alarms?+

Every finding shows its rule and the value found next to the value expected, so a flag that does not apply can be judged in seconds. Harmless typos in names and addresses are separated from real discrepancies (ISBP 821), and a near-certain sanctions name match is a critical finding while a partial match is only a warning.

Which documents can I check?+

Letter of Credit (SWIFT MT700 PDF, structured text, or a non-SWIFT advice), commercial invoice, bill of lading and other transport documents, packing list, weight list, certificate of origin, insurance certificate, bill of exchange, beneficiary and inspection certificates.

What does a single check cost without a subscription?+

A single check is charged at the pay-as-you-go price on the pricing page, with no monthly commitment. Your first check is free, no credit card. Once you have regular volume, the subscription plans pay off.

Know before you present.

The first check is free, no credit card, registration in under a minute.