Pay your suppliers now. Sell, then settle.
Funding to pay suppliers for goods — often imports — before you’ve sold them. Trade finance bridges the gap across your supply chain, so you can fulfil orders you couldn’t otherwise afford to.
What is trade finance?
Trade finance funds the buying side of your business. When you have confirmed demand but need to pay a supplier before your customer pays you, trade finance provides the cash to purchase the goods — covering the gap from paying your supplier to selling the stock. It’s often used to fund imports, and it pairs naturally with invoice finance on the selling side, giving you funding across the whole trade cycle.
Funding that pays your suppliers for goods ahead of sale — frequently used for imports and confirmed orders. It covers the purchase-to-payment gap and works alongside invoice finance to fund the full cycle, from buying stock to collecting from your customer.
Who it suits best.
Trade finance fits product businesses that have to pay for stock before their customers pay them.
Importers & wholesalers
You buy goods — often from overseas — to sell on, and suppliers want paying before your customers do.
Distributors & traders
You purchase stock to fulfil orders, and the cash to buy it is the thing standing in your way.
Confirmed orders in hand
You have firm demand or a purchase order, but need funding to buy the goods to fulfil it.
Supplier payment pressure
Suppliers ask for payment up front or on short terms, while your customers pay on longer ones.
Growing product businesses
Bigger orders are within reach, but they need more working capital than you have tied up in stock.
Cross-border buyers
You’re paying international suppliers and want funding built for the import cycle.
What it does for your business.
You can say yes to bigger orders, pay suppliers with confidence, and keep your own cash free.
Pay suppliers on time
Meet supplier terms with confidence — and often unlock better prices or early-payment discounts.
Fulfil bigger orders
Take on orders you couldn’t fund from cash alone, and grow without turning business away.
Bridges the trade cycle
Covers the gap from paying for goods to being paid for them, keeping your supply chain moving.
Works with invoice finance
Combine with invoice finance on the selling side for funding across the whole buy-and-sell cycle.
Preserve your own cash
Keep your working capital free for running the business, instead of locking it up in stock.
Funds growth
Scale your buying power as demand grows — without an equity raise or a property charge.