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Cases · Capital & assets · Banking, lending & secured finance
Arrange working capital
How do we get working capital for our business abroad?
WONE Global identifies lenders and trade-finance options in the market and structures guarantees and security that local rules allow.
Countries in the typical case China · Kenya
The situation
What is happening
What is at stake
Local lenders often will not lend to a young foreign-owned subsidiary without guarantees.
A scenario
Distribution subsidiaryMid-sized company · from China · in Kenya
Its Kenyan subsidiary needs a credit line for inventory.
Where it ends Working capital in place.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Local bank finance for a foreign-owned subsidiary”“Trade finance options abroad”“Our export business needs trade finance”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global identifies lenders and trade-finance options in the market and structures guarantees and security that local rules allow.
Usually led by Banking and capital, with Treasury and funding.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Week 1WONE Global identifies local lenders.
- Week 2Guarantee and security structured.
- Weeks 3-5Facility negotiated.
- ThenDrawn as needed.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Local bank lines, group funding or trade finance
- 02Security and guarantees required
- 03Covenants you can live with
Outcomes
What you receive
- A working-capital facility in place
- Security package negotiated
- Covenant and reporting calendar
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
Banking and capital, 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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How it goes in practice
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
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