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Cases · Capital & assets · Payments, FX, digital assets & treasury

Arrange supplier payments and FX

How do we pay overseas suppliers safely and cheaply?

WONE Global sets payment structures, documentary credit or escrow where needed, and currency arrangements with banking and trade-finance professionals.

Countries in the typical case India · China · Türkiye · Germany

The situation

What is happening

What is at stake

Poor payment terms leave you exposed to supplier failure, fraud and currency losses.

A scenario

ImporterMid-sized company · from India · in China, Turkey, Germany

It pays 30% deposits by wire to new suppliers in three countries.

Where it ends Safer supplier payments at lower cost.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Letter of credit or bank transfer for a supplier abroad?”“How do we reduce FX costs on supplier payments?”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global sets payment structures, documentary credit or escrow where needed, and currency arrangements with banking and trade-finance professionals.

Usually led by Payments, Foreign Exchange & Settlement, with Finance & Treasury and Banking & Capital Access.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1WONE Global reviews payment terms and fraud controls.
  2. Week 2Letters of credit or escrow arranged where needed.
  3. Week 3Currency arrangements set.
  4. ThenSupplier payment policy.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Payment terms, currency and method
  2. 02Letters of credit, guarantees or escrow
  3. 03How to hedge the currency exposure

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A payment and security structure
  • Banking and FX arrangements
  • A hedging approach sized to the exposure

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsPayments, Foreign Exchange & Settlement5 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedFinance & Treasury2 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedBanking & Capital Access2 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Payments, Foreign Exchange & Settlement, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Chinain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Germanyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. Türkiyein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  5. Canada WONE Global Partner Haider Khan Fabers · Director of Advisory Services Brief this Partner →
  6. Libya WONE Global Partner SERAG ALMARJINH ( Almorgene ) · Business Development Leader - Advisory & Strategic Partnerships Brief this Partner →
  7. Rwanda WONE Global Partner Lilianne Gasango · Tax & Financial Advisor Brief this Partner →
  8. South Africa WONE Global Partner Kameel Keshav CA(SA) · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  9. United Arab Emirates WONE Global Partner Dr Hajra Nazir · Head Corporate Advisory / Consultancy Division Brief this Partner →
  10. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  11. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  12. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  13. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

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