Financial & Trade Solutions

Innovative supply chain financial and risk solutions

Santova Financial Services bridges the gap between the supply and demand side of your business, without affecting your existing banking facilities.
Through this division, the Santova Group affords you the ability to manage your trade in a more efficient and cost effective manner, with the aim of minimising the risks associated with international and crossborder trade and finance.

Trade finance

Santova provides short term trade finance loans to assist your business with the financing of its purchases of inventory and raw materials, both imported and local.

Our trade finance solution offers:
 
  • Documentary credits (Letters of Credit)
  • Confirmation of orders
  • Payment to suppliers
  • Terms of up to 180 days
Our solution provides you with the ability to:
 
  • Simplify foreign purchases
  • Generate discounts for bulk purchases
  • Allow for strategic stock holdings
  • Match operating cycles and thereby protect cash flow
  • Access additional working capital for growth

Foreign exchange services

The Santova Group's international trading power puts us in the unique position to be able to offer exceptionally competitive buy and sell spreads on foreign currency trades.

Disbursement funding

Control your costs by funding your value added tax, customs duties, freight and other freight-related costs through a banking facility, rather than the customary disbursement fee mechanism charged by most freight forwarders.

Working capital loans

Working capital loans accelerate your cash flow by turning invoices into cash, thereby releasing funds tied up in debtors. Such off-balance sheet funding can be achieved through disclosed debtor funding and invoice discounting.

Trade advice

Whilst importers and exporters may focus on the trade price of goods, scant regard is often paid to the costs of moving those goods from the seller to the buyer. Further, the division of the risks and responsibilities associated with moving the cargo is often not clear. Santova's expertise extends into this crucial domain of the supply chain, and places us in a distinctive position to offer advice and assistance on such matters.

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