
If collection is used as a method of payment, the seller (having shipped the goods or provided services) forwards the commercial paper to its bank with instructions to collect the value indicated in the documents through the bank in the buyer’s country. The collecting bank acts as intermediary, i.e. it releases the documents to the buyer only upon payment or acceptance. Besides the collection of commercial paper (documentary collection), UniCredit Bank handles transactions involving the collection of financial documents (clean collection); these documents include promissory notes and bills of exchange às well as traveller’s checks and registered checks.