Global Trade Platform

If you need a platform for accelerating payment and simplifying the creation and delivery of trade payment documentation, we have the solution.

Our industry-leading web-based technology automates the creation and delivery of complex letter of credit and other trade payment documents for commodities traders and other exporters that have experienced document professionals in-house.  Our revolutionary web-based trade document platform accelerates payments, reduces costs and provides unparalleled visibility and control of the financial supply chain. Our web-based platform is easy to use and implement and is highly scalable, processing more than $9 billion in global transactions per year.

Commodities companies in the paper, metals, chemicals, grain and cotton industries report accelerated payment and fewer errors with lower overall costs.

Specifically, our platform:

• Automates the creation and delivery of trade documentation
• Improves and accelerates the accuracy of international trade documentation
• Accelerates payment and reduces days sales outstanding (DSO)
• Cuts direct documentation and payment processing costs
• Integrates seamlessly with your existing inventory management or ERP systems
• Increases operational efficiencies and collaboration among all users, including remote employees, financial institutions and third-party service providers
• Provides an immediate ROI

Platform Features

Workflow that controls the creation, review, approval and distribution of accurate global trade documents

• Includes customized document library created from each exporter’s paper shipping documents so users see on the screen what they usually see on paper
• Writes data directly from the letter of credit, ERP system, or other source to required documents, eliminating manual data entry errors
• Maps and cross-references data across the requisite documents creating integrated and consistent “smart documents”
• Supports and enforces each exporter’s internal documentation policies and procedures through custom configured workflow
• Enables original, executed trade documents to be electronically presented and/or printed

Flexible, secure and reliable means of presenting trade documents via the Internet

• Provides secure, role-based access anytime from anywhere through an intuitive, common web interface
• Enables secure document sharing with encrypted information exchange and digitized signatures
• Tracks document revisions and creates a time stamp for each transaction event
• Tracks courier information and links to courier websites for tracking purposes

Upload and archive documents, communications and file information into one common content platform and repository

• Provides a centralized repository of record eliminating the need for storing and maintaining paper files
• Allows third parties, such a freight forwarders and insurance providers, to upload supporting documentation
• Allows users to quickly and easily search for and retrieve documents from any location

Real-time trade receivables reporting and business intelligence to proactively manage cost and risk

• Enables exporters to analyze key performance metrics including transaction fees, country risk and customer credit exposure
• Provides enterprise-wide visibility and a means for measuring current status and trends across dispersed global business units

Hosted, web-service for rapid deployment, low maintenance and immediate ROI

• Requires no dedicated IT resources to maintain – no new hardware to buy or software to install
• Permits trade receivables documents and data to be easily exported and imported for quick, accurate data exchange with your ERP or accounting application
• Provides reliable and secure access to data and application through redundant systems architecture