How do specialised Trade Finance companies differ from Banks? Exporters are increasingly running into cash flow issues as payment cycles lengthen and more importers seek credit terms on payment. If your funds are held up, you won't be able to pay your vendors on time or stock up on materials for future orders. This could stifle expansion and potential, ultimately detrimental to your export business's success. Exporters often use bank loans to bridge this funding gap. However, bank lines are unsuitable for Trade Finance Service due to the following reasons: Collateralized: When you apply for a loan from a bank, they will want you to provide tangible collateral, such as a piece of property or some machinery. You won't be able to have access to bank lines if you don't have any collateral to put up. Limited: There is a direct correlation between the value of your fixed assets and the quantity of financing you may get from a bank. However, companies often have sales that are much beyond their fixed assets and need more capital to export their surplus through traditional banking channels. In addition, you'll need access to your locked-up working capital during peak seasons when you may be experiencing additional demand, but banks will only extend your facility. Read more: https://emeriobanque.medium.com/how-do-specialised-trade-finance-companies-differ-from-banks-69b096d48843 #InternationalTradefinance #financialinstitutions #LetterofCredit #BankGuarantee #TradeFinanceService

With the debt of €5.2m Marco Polo Network Operations declared as insolvent! Marco Polo Network Operations is the Irish company and appointed administrators as per the declaration of court ruling that declared the company to be insolvent on 22nd Feb 2023. Marco Polo Network proposed to close the strategic deal of $12 million with Bank of America. The court heard that Marco Polo Network possesses a debt of €5.2 million and their current liabilities are more than €2.5 million. It is also claimed by Marco Polo Network that the significant investment for making a product to replace the internal account automation of Bank of America. It is a crucial step for investment in Bank of America, as heard by a court ruling. After the collapse of we.trade after 9 months, along with Serai, HSBC is also backing the trade platform which is blockchain-based, serious questions are also raised around commercial viability. Read more: https://www.emeriobanque.com/news/marco-polo-declared-insolvent-52m-debts #BankofAmerica #MarcoPolo #HSBC #investment #tradeplatform #internationaltradefinance #blockchaintechnology

All You Need To Know About Trade Finance Gap: Find Effects on SMEs The pandemic has hurt trade and highlighted a requirement to make productive changes in trade finance service to bridge the gap in the number of those who need it and those receiving it. Recently, the USD 1.5 trade finance gap was reported by the Asian Development Bank in 2019 during the Covid pandemic. Besides this, the Manila-based multilateral institution’s latest Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey, included 79 banks from 43 countries and 469 firms from 72 nations. Its findings reveal the extent to which this trade finance gap is disrupting the full utilization of trade to facilitate growth, employment, and poverty reduction during the sudden outbreak of the global pandemic. All this data efficiently demonstrates the lack of accessibility of global trade finance instruments and the disproportionate impact of a lack of funds on emerging markets businesses, especially SMEs (small- and medium-sized enterprises). However, what trade finance gap exactly, why does it matter, and how can it be decreased or controlled? What is the Trade Finance Gap? The trade finance gap is the difference between the trade finance requests made by businesses around the world to empower sales of their goods & services and the actual amount of financial assistance that banks are willing to grant or able to provide. In other words, it is the difference between the supply & demand of trade finance services. Read more: https://www.emeriobanque.com/blogs/trade-finance-gap-and-its-effects-on-smes #internationaltradefinanceservices #AsianDevelopmentBank #globaltradefinanceinstruments #internationaltradefinanceinstruments #tradefinanceservice #SMEs

Wema Bank selects Union Systems for their International Trade Finance Automation Union Systems Limited, Africa’s leading trade finance company, partners with Wema Bank Plc to automate its trade finance operations. The bank selected Union Systems’ Kachasi trade finance software over all other international trade finance software solutions due to its ability to address both the traditional international trade finance processes and the peculiar Nigerian trade finance operations. The selection of Kachasi demonstrates Union Systems‘ leadership, experience, and excellence in the provision of trade finance software solutions. Wema Bank, the pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, is no stranger to being at the forefront of introducing innovative digital solutions to its customers. Through this collaboration, the bank will join the league of banks around the world that are using technology to change the way trade financing works. This trade finance automation project will significantly reduce trade finance processing turnaround time, improve operational efficiency, and unlock new revenue streams for the bank. It will also improve the bank’s ability to respond quickly to regulatory policies and updates. Kachasi is the first indigenous trade finance software application built to automate the entire lifecycle of international and domestic trade finance operations. Union Systems brings to this partnership over 20 years of successful development and implementation of trade finance solutions across Africa. This is a significant milestone for the company and proves its expertise in the design and development of trade finance software products. Read more: https://ngulminthanglhanghal.mystrikingly.com/blog/wema-bank-selects-union-systems-for-their-international-trade-finance-automation #TradeFinance #WemaBank #UnionSystems #InternationalTradeFinanceAutomation #Ngulminthang #NgulminthangLhanghal