Getting payment from importers is always a concern for exporters. How can you be sure that you will receive payment after exporting the goods? What are the payment terms and payment methods? Standard Chartered can help you through our Export Letter of Credit Advising service. You can ask your buyer to open a Letter of Credit and have it advised to you through Standard Chartered. As the Letter of Credit is a secure form of payment, you will receive payment if you comply with all the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit.


As an exporter, you want your Letter of Credit delivered to you swiftly and at low cost. We recognise that delays in receipt of your Letter of Credit can affect your ability to ensure the Letter of Credit terms and conditions are acceptable to you and can be met.

With our Letter of Credit safekeeping service, a copy of the Letter of Credit will be faxed to your office immediately after we have received and authenticated your Letter of Credit. When you are ready to process your export transactions, we will retrieve the original Letter of Credit for processing.

You can have peace of mind in knowing that all Letter of Credits advised through Standard Chartered will be retained by us in a secure environment. You can also speed up the process of receiving your export proceeds.


Do you need extra cash for manufacturing or purchasing the goods to fulfill your export order? Do you want to turn the goods into cash or obtain immediate financing? Standard Chartered offers you both pre-shipment and post-shipment financing. You can now trade with the added confidence of our financial help.


To guarantee and speed up payment from your buyers, Standard Chartered will check all the relevant documents prepared by you to make sure that they comply with all the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit.


So you have asked for and received a Letter of Credit from your buyer. But what happens if you are concerned about the standing of the buyer's bank and country? Well, you can ask Standard Chartered to confirm the Letter of Credit. If we agree to, Standard Chartered will add its own binding guarantee of payment to that of the overseas bank. This means that provided you comply with all the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit then you are guaranteed of payment even if there are problems with the buyer's bank or country.


So you want to have some protection but not ask your buyer to open a Letter of Credit? Export Collections offer you some protection. Standard Chartered will handle the documents for you and send them to your buyer? bank to be handled in accordance with your instructions. Standard Chartered is your helping hands for all your Export Collections. We have a team of experienced staff to handle your documents and give you expert advice and assistance.

Bank with us and you will benefit from

• over 140 years of experience supporting exporters world-wide - Standard Chartered knows and understands your trading needs
• full range of export services is available
• expert advice and assistance
• experienced and expert staff to handle all your export documentary needs
• efficient and speedy export document processing