When it comes to financing options, sometimes it’s best to take a big picture look at your entire supply chain to determine how far your dollar can go and how many cash flow issues you can solve with a single working capital solution. Supply chain financing offered by some international factoring companies is one means […]
Factoring is a type of financial transaction in which a business sells its invoices to a factoring company at a discount, and the factor, in turn, advances up to 90% of the value of the invoices upon shipping, on day 1, so the business doesn’t have to wait 30, 60, or 90 days to get […]
As a relatively new way to provide businesses with liquidity, full supply chain finance can supplement age-old factoring services by providing cash flow solutions to both a company’s upstream and downstream partners. Whereas factoring focuses on financing the seller alone, supply chain finance caters to the various transactional needs of all parties along the supply […]
Operating on a global scale is much different than running your business domestically. When developing trading partners domestically, determining the creditworthiness of a buyer and their ability to pay is much easier as compared to assessing a foreign entity. Conversely, as an importer of goods, obtaining favorable payment terms from international sellers can be more […]
Both exporters and their buyers rely on positive cash flow to fuel growth. If you’re not in a position where more money comes into your business than goes out, it’s difficult for any company—be it seller or retailer—to achieve their expansion goals. For exporters, who look to attain growth by partnering with large international buyers, […]
Tradewind is the proud recipient of this year’s Metro Award for Service Excellence for its industry-leading performance in the trade finance sector in Hong Kong. The award is given out by Metro Daily, the largest free newspaper publication in Hong Kong, and by Metro Prosperity, a business magazine that is also a part of the […]
Tradewind was front and center at this year’s TXF New York: Transformative Trade, Treasury, & Supply Chain Finance event that was held at Convene Midtown in New York City on September 13. The event, which was co-sponsored by Tradewind, brought together treasurers, risk managers, supply chain specialists, bankers, lawyers, and insurers and covered new developments […]
To grow a business built upon a global supply chain requires enough liquidity to meet the cash demands of a lot of moving parts. Unfortunately, for most businesses, achieving a comfortable level of liquidity is often out of reach. The necessary capital required to grow is already tied up for funding new inventory currently in […]
As per the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, the primary sources of initial funding for new business owners in the US are family and personal savings, personal credit cards and bank business loans. Every startup or growing business needs access to financing. That said, not all entrepreneurs have the means or resources to self-finance their business […]
