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Trade Finance explained
Trade finance is an important external source of working capital financing. It is a form of short-term credit typically used by companies that export or import goods.
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Trade finance is an important external source of working capital finance. It is a form of short-term credit typically used by companies that export or import goods. It is relatively easy to secure short term finance, if you have a strong trading record, secured against goods or backed by an insurance policy.
There are a number of banks and specialist finance providers on the Finpoint funder panel that offer trade finance across the world.
Advantages of trade finance
Advantages include:
- a relatively easy way to arrange short-term finance
- it helps business to focus on growth activities
- the finance is typically secured against the goods or backed by an insurance policy
Disadvantages of trade finance
Disadvantages include:
it is usually based on having a good track record in terms of operations and repayments, and therefore less accessible for new companies
it can become very expensive, if payments are not made on time
Borrow
From £1,000 to £1.5 million or more
Terms
From 1 months to 2 years
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