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Trade finance advisory

Bank instruments and credit, in your own name.

Cape Cavez helps importers, exporters and project developers obtain bank instruments and credit facilities from European banking partners, issued in the client's own name, working directly with the bank rather than through chains of intermediaries.

Financial & business consulting

Advice for companies growing abroad

Organizational & financial advisory

Support for companies expanding abroad, from structure to financing.

  • Organizational and financial advisory
  • Deal structuring and investment sourcing
  • Capital-raising support

Investor relations

Connections with investors and partners across our markets.

  • Investor relations across Italy, the UAE, Canada and Kenya
  • Investment sourcing and representation
  • Introductions to European banking partners

Bank guarantees & SBLC

Secure your contracts and payments

Bank guarantees

Guarantees for contracts and tenders, issued by your bank or a partner bank in your name.

  • Performance guarantees
  • Advance-payment guarantees
  • Bid guarantees

Standby letters of credit (SBLC)

SBLCs to secure trade and project payment obligations.

  • Review of draft wording under ISP98 / URDG 758
  • Bank-to-bank coordination
  • Issued in the client's name

Documentary letters of credit

Protection for buyer and seller

Import & export LCs

Letters of credit under UCP 600 that protect both sides of the trade.

  • Import LCs for buyers
  • Export LCs for sellers
  • Structured to the commercial contract

Documents & checks

Support so documents are accepted the first time.

  • Help preparing shipping and commercial documents
  • Discrepancy checks before presentation
  • Coordination with the issuing bank

Credit lines & working capital

Funding to trade and grow

Trade & working-capital facilities

Credit lines arranged with our European banking partners.

  • Trade finance facilities
  • Working-capital lines
  • Facilities in partnership with European banks

Credit file preparation

We prepare the file the bank needs to decide.

  • Financial statements
  • Business plan
  • KYC documents

How we work

Four steps to issuance

  1. ConsultationUnderstanding your transaction and needs.
  2. KYC & assessmentCompany documents, financials and compliance checks.
  3. Bank applicationPreparing and presenting your file to a partner bank.
  4. IssuanceThe bank issues the instrument directly via SWIFT.

All instruments are issued by licensed banks in the client's name and are subject to the bank's KYC, credit approval and terms. Cape Cavez International SRL does not issue, lease or sell bank instruments, and does not deal in leased or "monetized" instruments.

Currency converter

Rates for our trade corridors

Convert between the currencies of the markets we trade in.

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Indicative, not a bank quote

Use the converter to size a deal. Banks price instruments and transfers at their own rate on the day.

  • Rates from ExchangeRate-API, updated once a day
  • Most Gulf currencies are pegged to the US dollar
  • Ask our finance team for a firm quote

Need a guarantee, an LC or a credit line?

Share your transaction and we will tell you what a bank will need.

Ask our finance team