Trade Finance

Out of the Ordinary solutions for South African businesses and international corporates

Client eligibility

Running a successful business takes endurance and drive, and we are here to walk the journey with you, offering our renowned private banking service for your medium-sized business.

>R30m

Annual turnover required for a financing solution

3 years

Profitable trading history

2 years

Audited financial statements

What is trade finance?

Investec trade finance facilitates all your local and cross-border trade requirements, efficiently importing your goods while mitigating risk. Our team of experts offer an innovative and unique blend of documentary, open account and logistics services to develop bespoke trade finance solutions.

Import and trade finance

for South African businesses

An integrated suite of specialist trade services encompassing import logistics and finance for foreign or locally procured goods, designed for the purchase of stock on repayment terms aligned with your cashflow.

International trade finance

for corporates

Access an integrated suite of specialist trade services encompassing import logistics and finance for foreign or locally procured goods, designed to help you purchase stock on repayment terms aligned with your cash flow cycle.

Value adding services

Trade funding

Finance your stock purchase and logistics costs with trade credit that is optimised to your business’ cashflow and working capital cycle. Covers all pre-delivery costs on post-delivery terms.

Documentary finance

Backed by the full range of documentary trade finance instruments including import documentary letter of credit (LC), bills of exchange, bank guarantees, documentary collections and trust receipts.

Trade funding

Finance your stock purchase and logistics costs with trade credit that is optimised to your business’ cashflow and working capital cycle. Covers all pre-delivery costs on post-delivery terms.

Documentary finance

Backed by the full range of documentary trade finance instruments including import documentary letter of credit (LC), bills of exchange, bank guarantees, documentary collections and trust receipts.

Risk management

We minimise risk for both buyers and sellers through stringent due diligence, risk mitigation and assessment, and regulatory compliance, as well as through hedging of foreign exchange risk, including Customs duties, and freight risk.

Logistics and import finance

A fully integrated import solution to handle the end-to-end inbound supply chain. Financing goods and logistics, and incoporating forex, marine insurance, and freight forwarding and clearing services, including real time tracking, with an actual landed cost per item on delivery.

Find out more about our import solutions

Risk management

Logistics and import finance

Find out more about our import solutions

Purchasing stock, trading internationally?

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Quantum of funding required: Your business needs to be able to support a minimum lend of R5m (working capital) and R1m (asset finance).

Has your company been trading for 3 or more years? * Our lending solutions are suited to established businesses.

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Are last signed AFS and latest Management Accounts readily available? * We require your businesses financial information to proceed with any credit discussions.

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Your benefits

Optimise your working capital and liquidity cycle to focus on growth.
Improve freight efficiency for optimised, reliable lead times
Reduce risk around payment and delivery of your goods.
Gain an accurate upfront understanding of costs and margin
A single point of contact across your inbound supply chain
Leverage improved merchant relations and payment terms

One point of contact for your inbound supply chain

For importers, we are more than just trade finance; we also facilitate order tracking, hedging of foreign exchange rates, and management of the import logistics, including the provision of an actual landed rand cost per item on delivery. Providing you with real time notifications on the status of your shipments, the ability to leverage our economies of scale, optimised lead times and a fully managed service for improved decision
making.

A fully integrated import solution that funds and ships your goods, removing complexities and providing greater visibility.

We think about your business like you do

We appreciate that your business is a lot more than a set of numbers and financial statements. We also know that business can be complicated and that funding your trade cycle can have a very real impact on your operations. Our value is that we can provide the right funding at the right time, allowing you to capitalise on opportunities and optimise your ability to grow profits.

Purchasing stock, importing into South Africa?

Get in touch with a team of experts.

Let us know more about your trading requirements

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First name *

Enter your first name here *

This information is required

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This is a required field

Surname *

Enter your surname here *

This information is required

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This is a required field

Please select the option that pertains to your trade finance requirements *

Trading as a South African business

Importing as a South African business

Trading as an international corporate

This field is required

Business name *

Enter business name here *

This information is required

Minimun Characters 1

This is a required field

Website *

Enter website URL here *

This information is required

Minimun Characters 1

This is a required field

Email address *

Enter primary email here *

This information is required

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This is a required field in order for us to contact you

Phone number *

Enter primary number here *

This information is required

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This is a required field in order for us to contact you

If other, please specify

Specify type of finance required

This information is required

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Quantum of funding required: Your business needs to be able to support a minimum lend of R5m (working capital) and R1m (asset finance).

Has your company been trading for 3 or more years? * Our lending solutions are suited to established businesses.

Yes

This field is required

Are last signed AFS and latest Management Accounts readily available? * We require your businesses financial information to proceed with any credit discussions.

Yes

This field is required

Business name *

Enter business name here *

This information is required

Minimun Characters 1

This is a required field

Website *

Enter website URL here *

This information is required

Minimun Characters 1

This is a required field

Email address *

Enter primary email here *

This information is required

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This is a required field in order for us to contact you

Phone number *

Enter primary number here *

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This is a required field in order for us to contact you

Finance Amount and Currency *

Please include the currency symbol *

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Tenor of financing *

Please give detail in years, months, or days *

This information is required

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Type of trade finance required *

Provide details of the nature of finance required *

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Jurisdictions involved *

Please detail the participating jurisdictions *

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Number of years in business *

How many years has the business operated? *

This information is required

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Annual turnover *

Provide details of the business' annual turnover *

This information is required

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This is a required field

Do you have audited financials? *

Yes

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Please provide us with full details regarding the nature of your request *

Include any further details you wish to share *

This information is required

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Trade Finance

Client eligibility

>R30m

3 years

2 years

What is trade finance?

Investec trade finance facilitates all your local and cross-border trade requirements, efficiently importing your goods while mitigating risk. Our team of experts offer an innovative and unique blend of documentary, open account and logistics services to develop bespoke trade finance solutions.

Import and trade finance

for South African businesses

International trade finance

for corporates

Value adding services

Trade funding

Documentary finance

Trade funding

Documentary finance

Risk management

Logistics and import finance

Risk management

Logistics and import finance

Purchasing stock, trading internationally?

Let us know more about your trading requirements

Thank you

Someone from the team will be in touch

Sorry there seems to be a technical issue

Your benefits

One point of contact for your inbound supply chain

A fully integrated import solution that funds and ships your goods, removing complexities and providing greater visibility.

We think about your business like you do

Purchasing stock, importing into South Africa?

Let us know more about your trading requirements

Thank you

Someone from the team will be in touch

Sorry there seems to be a technical issue

Interested in some of our other business lending offerings?

Import Solutions

Asset finance

Debtor finance

Private capital

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Statutory information