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Risk Management

Standard Chartered can help you manage your International Trade Risk Exposure

International trade can be a risky business. For exporters, nothing is as bad as a payment delay or even non-payment. For importers, how are you going to handle the situation when goods received are inferior, incorrect or worse still, not the actual items you ordered?

To help you manage your business, Standard Chartered has developed a unique range of specialised products to manage your exposure to international trade risk.

Standard Chartered helps structure your global approach to risk management, no matter whether you are trading through open account or documentary trade instruments. Our trade solutions, together with our long-standing relationship with trade insurance specialists, can help mitigate your counterparty and county risk.

 

Risk Management Solutions

  • Receivables Services
    It backs you up to explore new markets overseas or grow your business locally with reduced risk and funds.
  • Letter of Credit Confirmation
    Standard Chartered will add its own binding payment undertaking to that of the overseas Letter of Credit issuing bank. This means that provided you comply with all the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit you are guaranteed payment even if there are problems with the buyers bank or country.
  • Country Risk Guarantee



 
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