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

Manage cross-border payments

Our international payments keep getting delayed or rejected. Why?

WONE Global reviews why payments are held, fixes the documentation and ownership information banks need and sets up better routes.

Countries in the typical case United Arab Emirates · China · India · Vietnam

The situation

What is happening

What is at stake

Delayed or rejected payments damage supplier relationships, payroll and cash flow.

A scenario

Trading companyMid-sized company · from United Arab Emirates · in China, India, Vietnam

Its payments to Asia are repeatedly held for compliance review.

Where it ends Fewer held payments.

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

Also asked as “Bank is asking questions about our payments abroad”“How do we make cross-border payments faster?”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global reviews why payments are held, fixes the documentation and ownership information banks need and sets up better routes.

Usually led by Payments and currency, with Banking and capital and Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1WONE Global finds why payments are held.
  2. Week 2Documentation and ownership information fixed.
  3. Week 3Better payment routes set.
  4. ThenPayments flow.

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

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Payment rails, cost and speed
  2. 02Sanctions screening and payment controls
  3. 03Reporting and documentation requirements

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A payment process with controls
  • Screening built into payments
  • Reconciliation and reporting set-up

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 and currencyArranged on request→
  2. Often involvedBanking and capitalArranged on request→
  3. Often involvedAnti-bribery, sanctions and compliance3 markets with a named lead→

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.

  1. Chinain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. United Arab Emiratesin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. Vietnamin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  5. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  6. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

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