Trade Finance

Simplify complex transactions

Whether you’re a seller or a buyer of goods and services, you need a banking partner who can simplify transactions for your business by financing the trade. With our complete range of trade finance instruments and products, we can assist you with structuring complex transactions for your business.

As your business grows or expands into new markets, it is more important than ever to have a banking partner you can trust, and who understands different markets. We operate in 20 countries in Africa, with representative offices in other key markets globally. We facilitate international trade and investment flows within Africa, and between African countries and global markets, to promote inclusive economic growth on the continent.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS

Mitigate risk in trade

Our trade and trade finance products ensure your working capital requirements and risk mitigation needs are met

Makes safe, reliable transactions

Strengthen your payments position and handle trade risks

Improve your cash flow

Speed up cash flows, collect payments on outstanding invoices

Get certainty of payment

Gain the comfort of knowing you will receive payment

OUR SOLUTIONS

Our comprehensive range of trade and trade finance products includes:

Trade finance open account and supply chain: Buyers and sellers often trade on open account terms. Effective and flexible cash flows are essential to the success of your company when trading. Our solutions provide working capital to enable productivity and liquidity, and drive profitability.
Documentary trade finance: Our letters of credit mitigate payment and performance risks and provide working capital solutions. With documentary collections, we protect buyers and sellers in international trade transactions. Bank guarantees honour payments to both parties in a transaction.
International payments: Transfer electronic funds safely and reliably with outward and inward telegraphic transfers that remit between banks through SWIFT, which offers a range of built-in security features, making it a safe and reliable method of transferring.

WHY TALK TO US

Our trade and trade finance products ensure your working capital requirements and risk mitigation needs are met, whether you require open account and supply chain finance, documentary trade finance, or international payments solutions – or a combination of these.

OUR SOLUTIONS
WHY TALK TO US

Our comprehensive range of trade and trade finance products includes:

Trade finance open account and supply chain: Buyers and sellers often trade on open account terms. Effective and flexible cash flows are essential to the success of your company when trading. Our solutions provide working capital to enable productivity and liquidity, and drive profitability.
Documentary trade finance: Our letters of credit mitigate payment and performance risks and provide working capital solutions. With documentary collections, we protect buyers and sellers in international trade transactions. Bank guarantees honour payments to both parties in a transaction.
International payments: Transfer electronic funds safely and reliably with outward and inward telegraphic transfers that remit between banks through SWIFT, which offers a range of built-in security features, making it a safe and reliable method of transferring.