1.

Letter Of Credit

An import Letter of Credit is an unconditional undertaking, given by a bank (the

"Issuing Bank") at the request of their customer (the Applicant or Importer) to
pay the Beneficiary (or Supplier) against stipulated documents, provided all t he
terms and conditions in the Letter of Credit are complied with.
The Issuing Bank can:

 Undertake to make payment to or to the order of a third party (the

"Beneficiary") or to accept and pay bills of exchange (or drafts) drawn by
the beneficiary at sight or on a fixed future d ate.
 Authorize another bank (normally in the exporters' country) to effect
such payment, or to accept and pay such bills of exchange on a fixed
future date
 Authorize another bank to negotiate against compliant documents

Standard Chartered can issue sight or usance Letters of Credit through its
extensive network of Group offices and correspondent banks globally.

Benefits

 Under a Letter of Credit, the payment risk is effectively transferred to the Issuing
Bank (Standard Chartered). Yo u can therefore negotiate better price
discounts with your suppliers or request extended credit terms to
help improve your own cash flow because your import payment is
guaranteed by Standard Chartered upon presentation of compliant
documents by the beneficiary.

 You are also assured that payment or acceptance will not be made
unless the documents called for under the Letter of Credit and the terms
and conditions of the Letter of Credit are str ictl y complied with

 You maintain control over the transaction through the Letter of Credit
mechanism. You can, for example incorporate a latest date for shipment,
payment terms and specific documentary requirements all of which are
irrevocable and therefore require the agreement of the Issuing Bank,
Confirming Bank ( if any) and beneficiary before they can be revised
2. Other types of Letter of Credit

Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC):

 A SBLC operates like a Bank financial guarantee, with the main

differentiating factor being that it is governed by the current versi on of
UCP or ISP98.Functionally, a SBLC is a similar instrument to that of a
Letter of Credit in that it serves as an obligation on the part of Standard
Chartered to pay a b eneficiary (your customer) based on their written
demand certifying non -fulfillment of contracted terms or against
stipulated documents

However, payment under a SBLC is typically triggered by a negative

event such as non -performance, whereas payment under a Letter of
Credit is typically triggered by shipment of goods. SBLC's may be used
to guarantee delivery of goods on an open account basis, repayment of
trade loans, or securing payment for goods and services delivered by
third parties

 Transferable Letter of Credit: A transferable Letter of Credit is one that

can be transferred in full or partially by the original beneficiary to one
or more second beneficiaries. Such Letters of Credit are usually issued
when the ultimate buyer needs a type of commodity or goods but can
only buy them through an intermediary because the latter has a
relationship or sole distributor rights with t he manufacturers or producers
of such goods. Under such arrangements the intermediary commits little
funds to the transaction and can normally hide the relationship between
the Ultimate Buyer and Ultimate Seller

 Revolving Import Letter of Credit: In a re volving Letter of Credit the

credit amount can be renewed or reinstated without specific amendments
to the Letter of Credit being required. A revolving Letter of Credit can
revolve in relation to time or value .If it revolves by time, a Letter of
Credit may be available for an agreed value against a predefined number
of times - for example, USD100 ,000 every month for 12 months. If the L C
revolves by value, the Letter of Credit amount is usually reinstated after
utilization for a potentially unlimited number of times during the validity
of the Letter of Credit. Typically, revolving Letters of Credit are used in
situations where constant and regular shipments from the same supplier
are effected over a given period alt hough it is possible to limit your
exposure at any one time

 Red Clause Letter of Credit: A red clause Letter of Credit facilitates pre -
shipment finance for the beneficiary. It is often used to assist suppliers
in paying for materials and labour or perhap s a middleman who needs
financing to conclude a transaction. It is use ful in situations where your
supplier is trusted but has difficulty in sourcing the raw materials or
 goods unless payment is made in advance. You should be aware that, in
the event your seller does not perform under the L/C, you, as applicant
would still be liable for settlement of the adv anced funds .

 Back-to-Back Letter of Credit: A back -to-back Letter of Credit is issued

using an existing export L/C opened in your favour with consiste nt terms
and conditions as security and the source of repayment. Similar to
Transferable Letters of Credit the buyer will not normally know the
ultimate supplier and you can therefore supply the buyer without
divulging sensitive information

Bank Requir ements

 An approved credit facility for the issuance of such Letters of Credit

 Application for the opening of the Letter of Credit or amendment to the

Letter of Credit should be made on the Bank's standard form and duly
signed by authorized signatories of your company consistent with the
Bank's records

 The authorized signatories of the company should sign any annexure for
special or additional conditions to be incorporated in the text of th e
Letter of Credit. Such conditions should be concisely stated and where
applicable, must mention the supporting document to be presented
under the Letter of Credit

 The Letter of Credit application should be accompanied by a sales

contract or a confirmed purchase order or a proforma invoice from the
supplier. The detail s stated in the L/C application should be as per the
contract / proforma invoice, specifically with respect to tenor, value,
commodity and Inco terms

 The application should be properly completed and all terms and

conditions must be clear, precise, workab le, technically correct and
subject to the current version of UCP. The importation of goods should
not be subject to any boycott, blacklisting or contravene any regulations,
Standard Chartered's sanction policy or International sanctions issued by
any gove rnment agency

 Evidence of insurance in case of FOB or CFR contracts indicating the

Bank as co -insured or loss payee or with the Bank's interest noted on
the policy
3. IMPORT BILLS FOR COLLECTION

Exporters can instruct their Bank (called the "Remitting Bank") to send
commercial documents (such as invoices, Bills of lading or Airway Bills) or
financial documents (such as Bills of Exchange) on a collection basis to the
"Presenting Bank", normally located in the Importers' country. Upon receipt of
such docume nts, Standard Chartered will acknowledge receipt and release
documents strictly in accordance with instructions received from the Remitting
Bank either against payment (if the collection instruction calls for documents
against payment or D/P) or acceptance (if the collection instructions call for
documents against acceptance or D/A).

Collections can be further defined into two categories, Documentary and Clean
Collections. Documentary Collections are the most common form of collections,
and usually comprise of both financial and commercial documents which would
required in order to obtain delivery of goods. On the other hand, clean
collections comprise financial documents only, which typically represent an
outstanding debt or acknowledgement of payment to b e made at a l ater date.

Benefits

 Documentary collections are a more secure method of payment than

advance payment as they can provide comfort to an importer that
goods have been shipped and, if an independent inspection certificate is
presented comply w ith the order specifications

 As an importer, you may be able to negotiate for better credit terms

(such as making payment 30 days later) rather than paying the exporter
at sight because the documents are handled by banks.

 As the importer you do not have to make payment until the goods have
been shipped and can negotiate better credit terms with your supplier
because documents will be handled through the banking system

Bank Requirements

 Standard Chartered will only handle documents under collection that a re

subject to Uniform Rules for Collection, 1995 Revision, ICC Publication
No 522 and presented through a Remitting Bank
4. IMPORT LOANS

An import Loan is a short -term cash advance (with recourse) that enables you
as an importer to meet your immed iate payment obligations under a sight or
usance Letter of Credit presentation or Import Documentary Collection. Under
such arrangements, Standard Chartered finances your import commitments by
making payment against the Letter of Credit or Documentary Coll ection and
receives payment from you at a pre -determined date in the future. Here, the
credit period between the time that we prov ide finance and the time you repay
us should be sufficient for you to either man ufactur e your goods for final sale or
for dire ct sale to your end buyers.

Benefits

 You will benefit for having more financial resources to clear your goods
from the port and manufacture, store or arrange for final sale to your end
buyer

 The supplier is independent of the process of raising finance. They do

not have to sign any documentation, but receive payment as per the
original contract terms through the Letter of Credit or Bill for Collection

 As you are able to reimburse the suppliers on a sight basis or when the
tenor is due, you should be in a greater bargaining position - typically in
terms of the contract price

Bank Requirements

 A credit limit sanctioned for Import Loan

 Request for financing should be made in the Bank's standard form, and
duly signed by authorized signatories of your co mpany as per the Bank's
records

 The Letter of Credit should call for a complete set of original bills of
lading that are consigned "to order" and blank endorsed or consigned to
the order of the Bank. These bills of lading and other essential trade
documen ts will be released to you upon receipt of the duly signed trust
receipt form

 The underlying goods with which Standard Chartered is financing must

be suitable (i.e., the Bank reserves the right to reject financing of
fashionable goods, perishable goods or price volatile goods)

 The financing period that is accorded to you must be matched to your

 cash conversion cycle, which typically would be about 90 days or less
but in any case should not exceed 180 days

 Financing should normally be in the same curren cy as the proceeds paid

under the Letter of Credit or Bill for Collection. However, if the financing
were in domestic currency you would need to enter into a forward FX
deal with Standard Chartered

5. SHIPPING GUARANTEE

A shipping guarantee is issued by St andard Chartered on your instruction

when the vessel carrying the goods arrives earlier than the original bill of
lading and you are required to clear the goods or face the possibility of
incurring demurrage charges.
Under such circumstances, the shipping documents may still be in transit to
the Bank or may have been lost in transit. If the goods were transported by
air, Standard Chartered would issue Delivery Orders to authorize the release
of goods at the airport.

Shipping Guarantees are typically only is sued when Standard Chartered is

the LC Issuing Bank, in which case the Bill of Lading should be consigned
"to order" and blank endorsed or consigned to the order of Standard
Chartered Bank.

Benefit

 You will be able to clear the goods before receipt of the original shipping
documents thus avoiding demurrage charges

Bank Requirements

 A Shipping Guarantee Application on the Bank's standard form which

incorporates a counter indemnity should be submitted together with the
shipping company's agency indemnit y form in duplicate

 An undertaking to accept all the discrepancies, if the shipping guarantee

is issued against a Letter of Credit, once the documents are received
along with an authority to debit your account

 An undertaking to return the original guara ntee duly discharged by the

beneficiary (carrier) upon receipt of original bill of lading
  Copy of related commercial invoice and Bills of Lading should be
presented along with the Shipping Guarantee form. In the absence of
invoices, alternative d ocuments such as insurance policies should be
used to determine the value of the goods

6. GUARANTEES

Bonds and Guarantees are written undertakings, either conditional or

unconditional, issued by Standard Chartered Bank on your behalf to indemnify
the beneficiary (the buyer of your goods or services, your supplier or a
Statutory Board) wherein the beneficiary requires a cash deposit or a bank
Guarantee as support in the event of default against the terms of contract by
yourself.

Bonds and Guarantees are like a Standby Letter of Credit and are not
meant to be drawn against unless a demand has to be made by the
benef iciary on the Issuing Bank along with a Statement of
Def ault and any documents called f or in the Guarantee are presented as
evidence of such defaul t.

Presently, the types of Guarantees offered by Standard Chartered include :

 Utility Guarantee

 Performance Bond

 Bid / Tender Bond

 Advance Payment Bond

 Guarantee for Supply of Goods / Services

If you have a credit facility you will be able to request us to issue your
Bond / Guarantee against your Credit line, this will help you to manage
your cash f low more eff ectively .
Bank Requirements

 Bonds and guarantees can only be issued where a specif ic credit

limit has been established, ref lecting the types of bonds/guarantees
allowed

 The Bank's standard f orm, incorporating indemnity terms &

conditions, must be used for each application for a Bond or
Guarantee and signed by your authorized signatory(ies) in
accordance with your bank mandate

 All f ormats should be provided by you, except where these are

Statutory Boards' Guarantees or Bonds. The wording / format of the
required. Bond or Guarantee must be in accordance with our legally
approved standard format; otherwise it will be submitted for legal
approval.

 Maximum tenor must not exceed 12 months. Unless approved within

the limit terms or specif ic approval is obtained

 A copy of your contract with the benef iciary should be presented if

necessary

7. Letter Of Credit Advising

Letter of Credit Advising i s a service provided by Standard Chartered

whereby an Issuing Bank, on behalf of the Applicant or Importer (your
customer) duly transmits a Letter of Credit by SW IFT or authenticated
telex or dispatches, by mail or courier to Standard Chartered and the L/ C
is checked f or its apparent authenticity. If it is deemed to be authentic,
Standard Chartered will then notif y you to collect the said Letter of Credit.

Benef its

 As the Beneficiary, you may be reasonably assured that the Letter

of Credit is genuine and if you present the documents stipulated
under the Letter of Credit, it is unlikely that the Issuing Bank will
claim that such Letter of Credit is not authentic

 If you decide to lodge the Original Letter of Credit and amendments

with Standard Chartered f or saf e-keeping, you will not need to worry
about misplacing it (Note: Original Letters of Credit are required f or
negotiation)
 8. LETTER OF CREDIT CONFIRM ATIONS

Conf irmation of a Letter of Credit constitutes an undertaking on the part of

the Confirming Bank, in addition to that of the Issuing Bank, to pay you,
without recourse, if documents are presented in compliance with the terms
and conditions of the credit.

Standard Chartered has a vast branch and correspondent banking network

across the globe and is a lead ing player in the Middle East, Asia Pacif ic,
Af rica, Latin America and other emerging markets. W e offer Letters of
Credit confirmations to exporters to help them to mitigate sovereign and
bank risk subject to our internal approvals.

Benef its

 Conf irmation of a Letter of Credit protects you, the exporter, against

Issuing Bank and country risk, which means that if you had
successfully perf ormed under the terms and conditions of the Letter
of Credit, Standard Chartered will guarantee your export proceeds
irrespective of whether the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank honors its
obligations or not

 In gaining protection against country risks you can access new and
emerging markets since the risk of non-payment are borne by the
Conf irming Bank

 You can secure non -recourse f inancing upon presentation of

compliant documents Bank Requirements

 The Letter of Credit should clearly allow f or Conf irmation, or

instruct Standard Chartered to confirm the Letter of Credit and
indicate whether conf irmation charges are f or the accou nt of
benef iciary or applicant

 The Letter of Credit should not usually have a credit period of more
than 180 days

 The Letter of Credit normally has to be restricted to Standard

Chartered before the conf irmation is effected

 Reimbursement should be clearl y def ined and available by

telegraphic transf er

 All conf irmations are subject to internal approvals and availability of

bank and country limits.

 The Letter of Credit should not permit the original bills of lading to
be sent directly to the applicant nor should the bill of lading/Airway
bill be consigned to the importer
  The Parties in the Letter of Credit should not be related parties.

 The type of goods and trade should be normal for you (the Exporter)
and related to your core business

9. LETTER OF CREDI T NEGOTI ATIONS

Letter of Credit negotiation is def ined within Uniform Customs & Practice
for Documentary Credits as the "giving of value". In effect, by negotiating
export documents under a Letter of Credit, Standard Chartered will pay
you, the Exporter, with its own f unds, and will rely on the reimbursement
by the Issuing Bank at a later date. Letters of Credit that are both
available at sight or usance are capable of being negotiated.

Negotiation of documents under a Letter of Credit can either be with or

without recourse to you. If the export documents are compliant with the
Letter of Credit terms and the Letter of Credit is conf irmed by Standard
Chartered, then negotiation will be without recourse to you. On the other
hand, if the Letter of Credit is not conf irmed, then negotiation will be with
recourse to you (By recourse, we mean that in the event the Issuing Bank
ref uses to pay or accept documents under the Letter of Credit, Standard
Chartered will have the right to claim reimbursement, with interest, on the
funds that have been advanced to you).

Benef it

 You will be able to receive funds in advance, which can be used to

repay the pre -shipment loans that you may have taken up to
produce the goods, pay your suppliers if you were a middleman or
fund your working capital requirements This is especially usef ul if
you had granted credit terms to your buyer under the Letter of
Credit

Bank Requirements

 The Letter of Credit should not usually have a credit period of more
than 120 days

 The Letter of Credit must state that it is a freely negotiable

 instrument (i.e. It is available f or negotiation at any Bank), or state
that it is available f or negotiation at Standard Chartered counters.

 Standard Chartered Bank must be in possession o f the original

Letter of Credit

 The Letter of Credit must not be transferable.

 The Letter of Credit should not permit the original bills of lading to
be sent directly to the applicant or should the bill of lading/Airway
bill consigned to the importer

 The parties in the Letter o f Credit should not be related parties

 Export Documents presented under the Letter of Credit must be in

strict compliance wit h the stipulated terms and conditions Note: If
the export documents are not in strict compliance you may still
request for an advance of funds subject to you having an
appropriate facility with Standard Chartered. However, please take
note that any such advances against discrepant documents are with
full recourse to you and if the discrepancies are considered by the
Bank to be "material" then we will reserve the right not to advance
funds against such Letters of Credit

 All Negotiations are subject to internal approvals and availability of

credit limits

 A Negotiation Application in the Bank's standard form must be

submitted

 The Benef iciary must be a customer of Standard Chartered

 10. LETTER OF CREDIT COLLECTIONS

A Letter of Credit Collection is similar to a Letter of Credit Negotiation in

that Standard Chartered, as the nominated bank will handle the export
documents and present t hese to the Issuing Bank f or payment or
acceptance under the framework of UCP. The key point to note is that
Standard Chartered will continue to examine the documents, and will
notif y you if any of the documents that have been presented do not
conf orm to t he Letter of Credit.

The material differ ence is that Standard Chartered does not guarantee
that funds will be made available to you even though you have perf ormed
in strict compliance to the terms and conditions under the Letter of Credit.

Typically, a Letter of Credit collection is presented under the f ollowing

conditions:

 You present conforming documents under a restricted or f reely

negotiable Letter of Credit, but choose not to avail yourself of the
negotiation of proceeds (since you will have to pay transit interest if
you avail yourself of advanced f unds under a negotiation)

 You present non -conf orming documents (ie discrepant documents)

under the Letter of Credit and instruct Standard Chartered to
forward them to the Issuing Bank for payment or acce ptance

 Standard Chartered Bank elects not to negotiate documents at its

own discretion or due to concerns regarding the issuing Bank or the
country in which the Issuing Bank is located

 You are currently a non -borrowing customer, and you present non -
conf orming documents (hence, Standard Chartered is not able to
negotiate the documents f or you under reserve)
Benef it
 By presenting documents through Standard Chartered f or
presentation and examination, we will be in a position to notif y you
of any discrepancies under the Letter of Credit. If such documents
can be amended by yourselves and represented as clean it will save
you valuable time, money and risk since the Issuing Bank will not be
obliged to reimburse you if documents are non-conforming (in this
instance the Issuing Bank may also return documents, at your cost)

Bank Requirements

 The Bank's standard form f or handling Export bills should be

completed with sufficient instructions to enable the Bank to process
the documents including your consent to f orwa rd the documents on
a collection basis.
 11. EXPORT BILLS FOR COLLECTION
An Export Bill f or collection is a process whereby an Exporter can rely on
international banking channels to control document movement and
release. Under export collections, you can ins truct Standard Chartered
(the "Remitting Bank") to send commercial documents (such as invoices,
Bills of lading or Airway Bills) or f inancial documents (such as Bills of
Exchange) on a collection basis to a Collecting Bank / Presenting Bank) in
your buyer' s country. Upon receipt of such documents, the Presenting
Bank will then release documents against payment (if the collection
instruction calls for documents against payment or D/ P) or against
acceptance (if the collection instructions call f or documents against
acceptance or D/A) f rom your buyer, and strictly in accordance with
instructions from Standard Chartered.

Kindly note that for export bill collections, Standard Chartered is not
obliged to check the contents of the documents (though typically, we w ill
examine your bills of exchange, invoices and shipping documents for
consistency as a value -added service). W e will, however, ensure that all
documents submitted as indicated in our standard request f or handling
export bills f orm are received and your Instructions detailed therein are
acted upon.

Benef its

 Documentary collections are typically a more secure method of

payment than open account trading because the transaction is
handled through the banking channels and documents are only
released in accord ance with your instructions

Bank Requirements

 The Bank's standard form f or handling Export bills should be

completed and provide sufficient instructions to enable Standard
Chartered Bank to process the documents .

 Standard Chartered will only handle doc uments under collection

that are subject to Unif orm Rules for Collection 1995 Revision
Publication No. 522
 12. PRE-SHIPMENT FINANCE

Pre-shipment f inance is working -capital f inance that is provided by

Standard Chartered to an exporter, on a with -recourse basis against
either a confirmed export order from your end buyer or against a Letter of
Credit. As the exporter, you may require working capital f inance to
purchase goods (if you are the middle man), purchase raw materials
for subsequent manuf acturing o f final goods, warehousing, or to arrange
for the transportation of goods.

Standard Chartered can offer a pre -shipment credit f acility in both Local
as well as foreign currency.

Benef its

 You will receive f unds in advance, which may be used to f und your
working capital needs, such as the purchase or manufacture of
goods, or to arrange for transportation or storage

 Since you have eit her an Export Order or a Letter of Credit to

support your application, your cost of f inancing will invariably be
much cheaper than an overdraft (in general, your f inancing costs
will be cheaper if your supporting sales is through a letter of credit
rather than the export order

 W ith a lower cost of f inancing you may be able to negotiate better

contract terms with your buyers vis-a-vis your competitors .

Bank Requirements

 The Bank will typically only f inance up to 70% of the individual

Export Order or Letter of Credit since the sale pri ce should always
be higher than the buying price

 The maximum tenor accorded under this facility is typically around

90 days or less but this may be extended, depending on your cash
conversion cycle up to maximum of 12 0 days

 If pre-export f inance is against a Letter of Credit you may be

required to instruct us to add our conf irmation to the Letter of
Credit, subject to our normal bank and country risk assessment

 You will need to be an existing customer of Standard Chartered,

and pref erably have a proven performance track record

 The terms of trade and the size of the transaction should follow
 normal trading patt erns between yourselves and your end buyer

 The parties in the Letter of Credit or Export Order should not be

related parties

 Standard Chartered must retain the original export order documents

or export Letter of Credit, and arrangements must be made to have
the export proceeds paid directly to Standard Chartered.
Furthermore, if pre -shipment f inancing is affected against a Letter
of Credit you will be required to negotiate the documents through
Standard Chartered.

13. Invoice Financing

Invoice f inancing enables an importer or exporter who trades on an open

account basis to raise short-term pre or post shipment f inance using
commercial invoices (not prof orma invoices) and transport documents.
This f orm of finance can be domestic or cross border.

By presenting these documents the Bank can provide short-term finance

to the importer or exporter. The tenor of each advance is normally 90 days
but the maximum tenor should not normally exceed 180 days.

The maximum amount advanced f or imports is 100% and for exports, the
maximum should not normally exceed 85% of the invoice value.

Benef its

 Better cash f low

 You will enjoy cheaper financing compared to an overdraft facility

 As a buyer you can reimburse the supplier on a sight basis and

should be in a better bargaining Position

Bank Requirements

 A credit limit sanctioned for invoice f inancing

 Request made on the Bank's standard form and duly signed by

authorized signatories as per the Bank's records
  Related company f inancing is prohibited.

 The f inancing period must match to your cash conversion cycle

 For imports, advance must be paid directly to supplier via supplier's

bank and for exports, proceeds of the sale must be paid directly to
Standard Chartered Bank .

 Invoices must not be dated more tha n 30 days prior to the date of
f inance

14. SUPPLY CHAI N FINANCING

The supplier Finance programme is a bilateral f inancing programme

through which Standard Chartered offers packaged f inance f acilities to
key suppliers of your company. This finance is provided strictly to those
suppliers which have a direct linkage to your company and is based on the
strength of the underlying relationships that you have with those
suppliers.

Benef its

 Any business your business partners enjoy will also help you
improve your bottom line.

 This will help lower your working capital level

 Administrative costs will be minimised with us helping yo u with

payments and collections from your business partners.

 Increases partner loyalty.

 Ability to enjoy price discounts from suppliers

Bank Requirements

 Master agreement for whichever solution you wish to avail of

(Supplier or Buyer Finance).

 You will also need to be in close touch with Your RM inf ormin g us of
any adverse information on your business partners
 15. RECEIVABLE SERVICE

Receivable services is the purchase and subsequent discount of invoices

raised by a supplier on selected buyers. This can be with or without
recourse to the supplier .

The Bank can help to structure without recourse funding using credit
insurance to insure receivables purchased, by allocating internal limits on
approved buyers or using bank guarantees issued in the buyer's name.

Factoring facilities can be on a disclosed or undisclosed basis. A

disclosed f acility is one in which the buyer is advised of the purchase of
the invoices by the bank from the seller, whereas the undisclosed f acility
is where the buyer is not advised.

The maximum tenor for factoring is normally 120 days f rom the invoice
date. The maximum f unding under f actoring must not normal ly exceed
90% of the total invoice value.

Benef its

 Mitigate the risks of buyer default

 Protection against non payment

 Improve or protect company f inancial ratios.

 Better cash f low

Bank Requirements

 All f unding must be covered by credit insurance or bank guarantees

 Must sign Receivable Purchase Agreement

 Must have an approved Factoring facility

 16. Portfolio Receivable Services

Portfolio Receivable Services (PRS) is a working capital fund ing solution

that allows you to unlock liquidity f rom o ne of the largest asset in your
balance sheet
– your Accounts Receivables on a portfolio basis.

This is a differentiated offering f rom regular Receivable Services, f or PRS

evaluating the quality of receivable rather than assess the balance sheet
strength of the seller.

Portfolio Receivable Services is delivered on the back of a contract

(Receivable Purchase Agreement) by which Bank purchase the
receivables from the Seller and the receivables are assigned to the Bank.

In consideration of this purchase, Bank will offer the f ollowing services:

 W ith Recourse f unding against approved receivables
 Collection Support (in case the program is disclosed to buyer)
 Sales Ledgering – MIS to clients on sales ledger f or each buyer
covered under the facility

The following are Key Attributes associated with Portfolio Receivable

Services: -
Better Access to Working Capital - Not solely restricted by strength of
f inancials instead the clients (seller) limit will be based on the
requirement of the seller and will be a factor of credit period, sales
turnover, number of buyers/their concentration, dilution/credit notes etc.
Sales Ledgering Capabilities - MIS to our clients on sales ledger f or each
buyer covered under the facility
Collection Support - Increased capacity to ensure r epayment of account
receivables
W e can cover a large number of buyers together on a portfolio basis.

The primary obligor is the client (Seller) hence, the Bank has recourse
against the Seller f or amount of funding provided against eligible
receivables, if Buyers do not pay f or whatever reasons by the agreed due
date.
 17. Vendor Pre Paid

Vendor Prepay is an off ering under Supplier Financing Programme

“targeted at Big buyer Small seller relationships”; most often evidenced by
high volume of small to medium value transactions. The Bank will
purchase such receivables from the vendor and prepay them on a without
recourse basis. The Bank retains the right to decide which receivables it
would like to purchase and 100% f inancing of the assigned receivab le is
possible. The primary obligor under this arrangement would continue to be
the Buyer and this would mean predicating risk on the payment ability of
the Buyer.

Advantages of VPP

For Anchor –

The underlying Anchor needs satisfied by this product a re:

 Integrated payment system also supports their supply chain
f inancing needs
 Make supply chain cost competitive by reducing procurement
cost
 Resilient supply chain and option to build strategic alliances with
suppliers in tough times.
 Increase days payab le outstanding; stretch working capital by
extending the credit period
 Back end integration

For Spoke -

The underlying Supplier needs are:

 Immediate visibility of approved invoices through Straight2Bank.
 Quicker access to liquidity.
 Reduce default risk in balance sheet
 Localized f inancing at competitive rates thereby freeing existing
credit lines
 Provide working capital support for sales growth
 18. FI Trade Loans

Under this product, SCB provides direct or indirect f inancing to financial

institutions (“FI Clients”, (Banks Only)) to fund the provision of credit
facilities by such FI Clients to their corporate customers against the
Import, Export or Reimbursement obligations of such corporate customers.

In the context of this, the f inancing to FI client coul d be offered via the
following products,

a. LC Ref inancing
b. Trade Advances
c. Ref inancing under Reimbursements
d. Pre-export Finance for Financial Institutions
e. Re-negotiation of Export Letters of Credit
f. Post-acceptance f inancing of Export Bills under LC
g. Financing of avalized collection bills

CASH PRODUCTS

Cash products offered in SL,

19. Book Transfer –

A book transfer is used to pay to another account within the bank in the same
country. Only the beneficiary name and account number is required to process
the payment.

20. Outward Telegraphic Transfer –

Outward Telegraphic Transfers are used to make payments to another bank in

foreign currency. Full beneficiary account details are necessary to complete the
transaction. For payments to beneficiaries within the European countries, IBAN
information MUST be provided in the payment instruction.

21. Real Time Gross Settlement -

An RTGS is used to pay urgent high value transactions to an account with other
banks within the country. Finality of settlement is immediate and usually in local
currency.
Full beneficiary details are necessary to complete the transaction.
 22. ACH (SLIPS) –

A direct Credit is used to pay non urgent low value transactions at a high volume
to accounts maintained in other local commercial banks in local currency. Finality
of settlement is 0 to 5 days depending on the specific system within the country.
Full beneficiary account details are necessary to complete the transaction.

23. Payroll (PAY) -

A „PAY‟ uses the same payment mechanism as ACH and BT. Channel handling
of PAY transactions will ensure that only authorized personnel can have access
to the information, which makes it suitable for payroll payments.

24. Local Bank Cheques –

Local Bank Cheques are used to make general and payroll payments when
guaranteed funding is necessary. Clients are debited up-front for the issuance of
Local Bank Cheques. Only the beneficiary name is required to issue a Local
Bank Cheque.

25. Corporate Cheque Outsourcing –

Corporate Cheque Outsourcing is when the customer wants to remove all

noncore functions and reduce operational risk by outsourcing their cheque
issuance function to a 3rd party. Although the bank is issuing the cheques
onbehalf- of the customer, these instruments are not guaranteed and subject to
available funds at the time of clearing. Only the beneficiary name is required to
issue a Corporate Cheque.

26. Inward Telegraphic Transfer and Inward RTGS -

Inward Telegraphic Transfers are used to receive payments from another bank in
foreign currency. Inward RTGS is used to receive payments in local currency
from local Banks. Funds are credited to client account upon confirming cover of
the relevant remittance.
 27. Sweeping –

Sweeping involves the physical transfer of debit and credit balances of accounts
in same currency denomination to or from a master account on a periodic basis
in such way that the balances of all participating sub accounts end up being a
pre-defined balance while the balance of the master account represents the total
consolidated balance of the cash pool over which the interest is calculated and
booked. Because the credit balances in some accounts are offset against the
overdrawn balances in some other accounts within the group, overdraft interest is
charged only if the net balance in the designated master is overdrawn.

28. Pooling –

Notional cash pooling is based on the fictive consolidation of account balances -

there are no real movements of funds between the accounts.
Credit and debit balances on the accounts concerned are notionally brought
together and offset to establish a net position for the calculation of interest.

29. International Bank Cheques –

International Bank Cheques are used make payments in foreign currency to

another Bank. International Bank Cheques are guaranteed instrument.
Customers are debited upfront when the cheques are issued.
Only the beneficiary name is required to issue an International Bank Cheque.

30. Standing Orders –

An instruction given by the Customer to the Bank to pay a beneficiary a regular

amount of money on a periodic basis.

31. Premium Services Banking & Cash Pick-up and Delivery (PSBCP)-

PSBCP comprises Cash, Cheque & Document Collection & Delivery, and
provision of mobile teller/ teller implants. The services are selectively offered to
customers for convenience, security and to reduce time in travelling to and from
the bank branch. Currently PSB handles only Documents and Customer
Cheques were as all the services such as Cash pick up and delivery and mobile
braches is handle by the branch who intern have out source the cash pick up and
delivery to a local vendor.
 32. Gateway Banking-

Gateway Banking allows Standard Chartered to enter into a bank to bank

corporate client referral arrangement with an existing FI bank client. By signing
the Standard Chartered Gateway Banking Agreement, drafted by Standard
Chartered Wholesale Bank legal counsel, the Referring Bank (Gateway Bank)
can introduce the corporate customers to Standard Chartered in the following
seventeen countries: Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,
Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, Sri
Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and United Arab Emirates.

33. Internet Payment Services (Merchant Acquiring)-

Internet payment service is an on-line extension to the existing collections

channels. This service caters to e-Merchants where internet payments are a key
part of their sales and distribution. Under these collection models, the bank
provides merchant acquiring services by leveraging its position as a member of
the payment network such as Visa and Mastercard. This will enable clients the
merchants to offer internet based payment services to their down-stream
customers.

34. Custody & Clearing-

Custody & Clearing services include a range of “back office services” for clients
investments in securities. The core services offered include:
 Opening client‟s Securities accounts at the CDS
 Safekeeping of securities
 Settlement of securities
 Corporate Actions (tracking, notification and acting on corporate action
instructions of client).
 Income and dividend collection
 Proxy Voting (in accordance with clients instructions)
 Reporting: Trade portfolio reporting (Statement of holdings, transactions
reporting, MIS reporting) and other customized reporting as agreed with
the client.
 FX conversion on clients behalf
 Providing information to client‟s agents (e.g. chartered accountants/tax
agents)
The ancillary service offerings which are offered selectively include:
Market Information communication (Newsflashes, Securities Market Report, etc.)

The securities include equity, debt, warrants, rights, units (e.g. mutual fund). The
same may either be in physical form or may be scripless.

Clients may contract directly with SCB‟s individual branches/subsidiaries or they

may choose to appoint a single SCB Branch/subsidiary as a “Hub” which in turn
appoints sub-custodians in the various markets in which the client invests in.

35. ESCROW-

ESCROW is a deposit of an asset with an independent Escrow Agent to

facilitate the completion of a contractual agreement between two or more parties
to a transaction. The Escrow Property in the vast majority of cases comprise of
cash deposits, however, we may also hold financial instruments (e.g. equities,
fixed Income securities, govt. securities, warrants, unit trusts, mutual funds),
either in physical or scripless form and property documents of title. The Escrow
Agent administers the agreement between two or more parties in relation to the
deposit of the Escrow Property with the Escrow Agent for the future delivery to
one or more of the parties upon completion of particular condition(s) or event(s)
within a mutually agreed time frame. Such an arrangement is formalized by an
Escrow Agreement between the parties to the underlying transaction (e.g. Seller
and Buyer) and a neutral third party (Escrow Agent).

36. Virtual Accounts

Virtual Accounts, is a system of identifying corporate clients‟ customers, via their

unique consumer reference number. Each of the Corporate clients‟ customers is
assigned a virtual account number to identify individual payers and facilitate
reconciliation. Payments received via cash and cheques over-the-counter at
Standard Chartered Bank, and credit transfers from other channels are collected
into individual virtual accounts and the proceeds will be linked with our client‟s
collections account.

Consumer reference numbers and payment details will be captured and the
information made available to client in their account statement and via
Straight2Bank.

The Benefits for the corporate client would be,

a. Guaranteed availability of payer information

b. Improved efficiency and ease of reconciliation across accounts

c. Virtual account are captured in the incoming remittances and are carried
through to the bank‟s backend system facilitating Client reconciliation of
their accounts receivables

d. Quick release of customer credit lines and improved cash management

e. Highly beneficial to clients with high collections volumes in the consumer

to business space

Complaint Procedure

Wholesale Banking Customers may direct their complaints regarding Cash

and trade transactions to the following unit of the bank.

WB Client Service Group

Tel : +94 112480048

E mail : straight2bank.lk@sc.com

Fax : +94 115 450050