Trade Finance
Mitigating risk and unlocking new trading opportunities with Africa.
International trade involves risk; our trade finance solutions help you mitigate that risk, ensure payment security and optimise working capital. From London, we deliver African-focused trade finance services to importers, exporters, trading companies and financial institutions worldwide.
Our Sector Offerings
Importers, Exporters and Traders
Financial Institutions
Our advantage
Importers, Exporters and Traders
- Whether you are entering new markets or scaling existing trade flows, we provide letters of credit services, including advising, confirmation and discounting, to give you payment certainty. We also handle trade-related guarantees and Standby Letters of Credit (SBLCs), as well as inward and outward documentary collections and direct payments.
Financial Institutions
- For banks and other financial institutions, we offer LC advising and confirmation, trade loans, risk participations and distribution, and documentary bills for collection on Africa-related business. Our extensive correspondent bank network and UBA Group presence in 20 African markets allow us to link your clients to counterparties and opportunities across the continent.
Our advantage
- Located in one of the world’s leading financial centres and backed by a strong pan-African balance sheet, UBA UK is ideally positioned to support complex, cross-border trade flows. Our trade specialists work closely with you to design flexible structures covering commodities, capital goods and services.
Contact us today to learn more about our Trade Finance offering and how we can support your import and export activities.
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