Global Capabilities

Trade and Supply Chain Finance Solutions

J.P. Morgan helps customers better manage their physical and financial supply chains with a full range of integrated trade and logistics solutions. As the only bank with end-to-end supply chain capability, we add value on both the importer and exporter sides of transactions. We can help you facilitate financing, reduce trade risk, manage supply chain relationships, enhance compliance and streamline trade flows.

  • Best Structured Trade Solution for Reliance Deal (Highly Commended) - The Asset, 2009
  • Best Trade Solution Bank - FinanceAsia 2004 thru 2008
  • Best Foreign Bank for Trade Finance in China - Global Finance, 2008
  • Best Trade Services Provider - Trade & Forfaiting Review, 2004 thru 2008
  • Best Online Trade Bank - Trade & Forfaiting Review, 2007, 2008
  • Best Structured Trade Finance Bank - Trade & Forfaiting Review, 2008

Import/Export Finance

Our customized trade finance solutions offer a mix of manual and automated processes. Protect your business and your goods with access to tools that can prepare you for natural disasters, vendor defaults and other unforeseen risks.

How you benefit:

  • Savings as much as 10% or more of the value of goods shipped
  • Leverage the capabilities of the J.P. Morgan global banking franchise
  • Ability to distribute risk associated with structured finance

Letter of Credit / Open Account - facilitate payment for goods in international trade with a written note to pay at sight or at a determinable future date

Bank-to-Bank Reimbursement - facilitate letter-of-credit transaction settlement between two banks that deal in different currencies or do not have an account relationship with each other

Supply Chain Financing - gain access to an integrated package of technology and financing solutions to manage your global supply chain

Structured Trade Finance

Our innovative structured trade solutions go beyond classical trade finance off-the-shelf products to bring a customized value to larger, more strategic transactions and broader segments of the value chain.

How you benefit:

  • Obtain cost effective financing
  • Mitigate risk through use of both the credit and capital markets
  • Gain a customized solution for short, medium and long term individual or pooled trade transactions

Selected Solutions:

  • Syndicated, Medium and Long Term Trade Related Loans
  • Bilateral and Multilateral Agency Backed Finance
  • Private Sector Insurance
  • Secured Receivables Finance
  • Project Related Finance Structures
  • Limited Recourse Export-Backed Finance
  • Supplier Driven Medium and Long Term Finance Structures
  • Silent Trade Payment Guarantee

Trade Applications and Processes

Safely submit inquiries and exchange information on letters of credit, collections, standby letters of credit and bank-to-bank reimbursements over the Internet.

How you benefit:

  • Improve cycle times with better data management
  • Eliminate customs holds
  • Resolve exceptions quickly
  • Expedite delivery to enable faster payment

Trade Documentation - fully outsource the entire life cycle of a transaction from order to payment and customize it to meet your supply chain needs

Purchase Order Management - send purchase order files electronically to the bank to automatically create letters of credit and open account transactions

Freight Payment and Audit Solution

Our electronic payment and transportation management solution simplifies and streamlines single or multi-currency invoice payments while delivering visibility to global freight operations.

As your bank, J.P. Morgan allows you to seamlessly pay your freight and transportation vendors on time and generate opportunities to maximize program incentives - all on a global basis. In addition, you'll gain access to a centralized repository that measures financial performance against plan while enabling an in-depth analysis of how transportation services are used.

J.P. Morgan Freight and Audit customers receive numerous benefits for both financial and supply chain operations including:

  • Consolidated global, regional, local spend on freight
  • Direct cost savings to transportation spend due to elimination of duplicate payments and other clerical errors
  • Indirect cost savings found through analysis of global transportation operational efficiency
  • Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley via a secure financial process control
  • Improved supplier relationships due to offering viable financing options
  • Insight into freight supplier reliability and satisfaction of service level agreements

How you benefit:

  • Access to immediate-response trade expertise and operations support
  • Savings on duties and improve cash flow management
  • Enhanced supply chain security and compliance with customs requirements
  • Establish key performance measurements to manage costs and cycle times
  • Reduce risk and exposure to penalties, including fines and imprisonment
  • Oversight and day-to-day management of critical supply chain vendors

Global Supply Chain Services

Realize operational improvements with supply chain driven trade solutions to facilitate procurement to pay inclusive of process insourcing and vendor financing.

How you benefit:

  • Increase customer satisfaction
  • Enhance supply chain capabilities
  • Reduce inventory investment and costs
  • Optimize working capital strategies to minimize outlay of cash

Purchase Order (PO)- driven order initiation - initiate through a Letter of Credit or open account order transaction by the buyer to their suppliers

Payment Processing - outsource the open account payment processing from Order Initiation to their Suppliers to the checking of shipping documents submitted against pre-agreed Document Checklists

Vendor Financing - offering of various types of pre / post-shipment financing options for suppliers under different types of trade transactions

Supply Chain Financing - leverage a technology-driven open account discounting solution that delivers mutually beneficial financing to suppliers and buyers in your global supply chain

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