Trade Finance Solutions
An overview of the financing and risk-management tools that support buying and selling across borders.
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Our Services
Trade-finance tools that may be relevant to your import, export and supply transactions.
Letters of Credit
A bank undertaking that payment will be made to a seller when the documents required by the credit are presented correctly.
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A bank undertaking that works as a safety net: it pays only if the applicant fails to meet its obligation.
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A bank's commitment to pay a beneficiary if its customer does not meet a contractual obligation.
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Assurance that a contractor or supplier will carry out a contract as agreed, with compensation available if it does not.
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General guidance on working-capital and growth funding for trading and import-export businesses.
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Ways an importer can fund and secure purchases from overseas suppliers.
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Ways an exporter can reduce payment risk and release cash tied up in overseas sales.
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Releasing cash from unpaid customer invoices instead of waiting for the due date.
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Payment terms from a supplier, or bank-backed credit, that let a buyer pay after goods arrive.
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Questions about our services
Do you issue bank instruments yourselves?
Letters of credit, guarantees and similar instruments are issued by banks or other authorised institutions. We do not state that we issue them ourselves, and any instrument is subject to the issuing institution's decision and conditions.
Can you guarantee approval or a timeline?
No. Approval, terms and processing times depend on the institutions and parties involved.
Which service is right for me?
It depends on your goods, the countries, the parties and the payment terms. Send us an inquiry and we will talk it through.
Ready to discuss your trade requirements?
Send us an inquiry or speak to our Kano office directly. We will take you through the options and the requirements, step by step.