Manage your cash flow and maintain your working capital to ensure your business is a success when trading internationally.
If you import, or are thinking about importing, trade finance provides the funds you need to purchase stock, negotiate better prices and improve efficiencies.
Access funding to fulfil existing orders and accept new ones, whilst avoiding up front costs and allowing you to benefit from supplier discounts. In addition, our team are on hand to support when you need expert help to deal with the many considerations and complexities that trading internationally involves.
Whether you’re an established international business or considering diversifying your supply chain to include relationships abroad, our dedicated team of trade finance specialists are on hand to support you
Trade internationally with confidence
With our Trade Finance solutions you could access up to £10m in international trade funding, pay your suppliers in over 65 currencies and access our global network of offices.
Purchase order or forecast sale
With our Trade Finance solutions you could access up to £10m in international trade funding, pay your suppliers in over 65 currencies and access our global network of offices.
Pre-shipment
We can make payment and provide guarantees to your suppliers with either a letter of credit, deposit or full pre-payment.
Post-shipment
We can make full payment to suppliers upon shipment of your goods.
Bad Debt Protection and Foreign Exchange
We can offer Bad Debt Protection to protect against customer non-payment and our competitive Foreign Exchange service can save money by allowing you to fix favourable exchange rates to use at a pre-agreed future date.
Invoice Finance
We can help reduce your cashflow gap even further by releasing the value of your outstanding invoices. Our Trade Finance service can work in tandem with our Invoice Finance facilities.
Want to learn more?
Download our guides to find out more about each of our international trade and finance offers:
Importing to develop your business
Open more doors and close more deals