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Soft Commodities Trader
Due to increased sales, a soft commodity trader required a receivables purchase facility for one of their large customers - purchased from Africa and sold to the US.
Metals Trader
Purchasing commodities from Africa, the US, and Europe and selling to Europe, a metals trader required a receivables finance facility for a book of their receivables/customers.
Energy Trading Group
An energy group, selling mainly into Europe, desired a receivables purchase facility to discount names, where they had increased sales and concentration.
Clothing company
Rather than waiting 90 days until payment was made, the company wanted to pay suppliers on the day that the title to goods transferred to them, meaning it could expand its range of suppliers and receive supplier discounts.
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The delays and complications when with trading goods overseas can greatly impact a business’s cash flow. Import finance helps overcome these challenges, which frees up working capital for the growing business.
Trade finance allow buyers to be able to access an uninterrupted supply flow as they provide liquidity to their suppliers. This helps to reduce the risks of selling overseas. Facilities allow simple payment processes to be created and also improve relationships with overseas suppliers.
Regional market knowledge and expertise in a wide variety of industries mean that financial solutions can be created to meet your objectives. As a result, a company can explore the potential opportunities to trade wherever there is an opportunity, This is coupled with the knowledge that a trade finance provider can support your transaction throughout its life cycle.
Trade finance offers many benefits, as it provides you with the ability to pay your supplier for the purchase of goods. A facility is usually offered with invoice finance as a way of bridging the gap between the receipt of funds through sales and actual payment of goods to sell. By using these types of facilities, it provides improved cash flow so allowing a business to tender for new business and move quickly when there are new orders without delay as money will be freely available. This can assist with improving supplier relationships and possibly allow securing of early settlement discounts. The demonstration of liquidity to suppliers and other business contacts promotes trade between the companies and enables the expansion of import with less financial risk.
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Using trade finance can assist when the financial track record of a company is not extensive or security is difficult to negotiate. Also, having a facility in place will assist when it is difficult to get sufficient overdraft facilities or credit from suppliers.
Trade finance promotes flexibility as it frees up existing lines of credit for other business purposes. Due to the various structures and funders that are available in the trade finance sector, there is usually a possibility to repay existing facilities and release previously pledged security. There may also be the possibility to provide finance against assets that a bank may not have previously accepted or receive an unsecured package. Using a facility on offer will allow more free time for management as paperwork involved in paying the supplier and outsourcing of purchase ledger management is taken over by the financier.
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