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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 and currency, with Treasury and funding and Banking and capital.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Week 1WONE Global reviews payment terms and fraud controls.
- Week 2Letters of credit or escrow arranged where needed.
- Week 3Currency arrangements set.
- ThenSupplier payment policy.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Payment terms, currency and method
- 02Letters of credit, guarantees or escrow
- 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.
Who handles it
Payments and currency, 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.
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- Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Türkiyein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
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How it goes in practice
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