We provide lender-ready capital raise packaging and debt or equity placement support for business owners and buyers looking to secure serious term sheets and close funding on a defined timeline.
For business owners and acquirers pursuing private debt or equity, submit your deal for review. We revert within one working day with next steps and either a quote for our services.
For pre-submission discussions, we offer paid consultations. To initiate underwriting and lender outreach, submit the deal.
Documentary Credit Education
This page focuses on commercial LC structures, not standby structures. A commercial LC pays against compliant documents. That distinction matters for pricing, operations, and dispute risk.
If your team needs execution support, review our trade finance advisory coverage and follow the mandate workflow before launch.
The buyer requesting LC issuance through its bank.
The bank issuing the documentary credit and undertaking payment on compliant presentation.
The seller presenting required shipping and trade documents.
The bank in the seller corridor that advises the LC and may add confirmation if agreed.
| Stage | Action Required |
|---|---|
| 1) Contract Build | Set Incoterms, shipment windows, product specs, inspection terms, and documentary conditions. |
| 2) LC Application Draft | Define amount, latest shipment date, expiry, partial shipments, transshipment, and tolerance terms. |
| 3) Rule and Wording Control | Use UCP 600 and keep terms precise. Remove vague clauses that cause discrepancy disputes. |
| 4) Credit and Margin Approval | Secure issuing bank approval, including margin and collateral requirements. |
| 5) Issuance and Advice | LC issued and advised to beneficiary side for operational readiness. |
| 6) Document Presentation | Seller presents required documents. Banks examine compliance before payment or acceptance. |
Opening commission, amendment fees, SWIFT charges, and tenor-based pricing.
If confirmation is required, pricing reflects issuer risk and corridor conditions.
Fees for drafting support, discrepancy risk controls, and placement workflow management.
Internal processing, legal review, and compliance preparation overhead.
For live cases, use the deal submission page. For wider trade support options, review trade finance services.
For shipment-linked payment flows, commercial LC is often the primary tool. Standby LC is contingent support.
UCP 600 is the standard rule framework for documentary credits.
Yes, when required and accepted by confirming bank based on issuer and transaction profile.
Use tight draft controls, consistent contract language, and early bank-side document checks.
No. It manages payment risk through documentary conditions, yet operational and performance risks remain.
Yes, with approved amendments and additional credit capacity from issuing side.
This article is informational only and does not constitute legal, tax, or investment advice. Financely services are advisory and placement services on a best-efforts basis.
Financely advises growth-focused businesses on accessing capital by introducing their opportunities to professional investors. Financely is not a securities broker or dealer. Where appropriate, engagements are coordinated with regulated broker-dealers, investment banks, legal counsel, and other specialists.
Financely does not solicit, offer, or accept orders to buy or sell securities and makes no assurance regarding capital-raising outcomes.
Services are strictly business-to-business. Financely does not provide personal finance, consumer credit, or retail advisory services.
Advisory services are reserved for post-revenue companies that recognize the time and resources required for professional underwriting.
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All mandates start with an RFQ. We review submissions, issue a brief Go/No-Go memo, and where bankable, release a Term Sheet that leads to funding. We arrange capital across Senior Secured, Unitranche, Second Lien/Mezzanine, Preferred Equity, and Gap Solutions. We do not process deals by email or chat.
Letters of Credit, Standby LCs, Confirmations, Receivables Finance, and Inventory Lines with control.
Funding arranged for trade flows with instruments sized to your cycle and aligned to delivery and settlement.
Move forward to secure working capital and keep goods moving. Submit the RFQ to start underwriting for funding.
Limited or non-recourse structures for energy and infrastructure with lender-ready materials.
Funding solutions aligned to project cash flows with credible covenants and conditions to reach notice to proceed.
Advance the file to termable status. Submit the RFQ so we can underwrite and secure funding.
Debt and Preferred solutions anchored on cash flow, Quality of Earnings, and clear closing mechanics.
Funding across senior, unitranche, and preferred to match stable cash flows and acquisition timelines.
Get financed on workable terms for closing. Submit the RFQ to start underwriting.
Acquisition, development, bridge, and refinance with lender-ready packs and third-party reports managed.
Funding calibrated to DSCR, leverage, and tenancy with terms designed to close.
Move to a financeable package. Submit the RFQ to initiate underwriting for funding.
KYC and Source of Funds required. Engagements are best-efforts and subject to underwriting. Preference for operating companies with meaningful revenue. See our FAQ and Procedure.
Financely Inc. (“Financely”) provides corporate-finance advice and is wholly owned by Aurora Bay Trust, a trust formed under Bahamian law, together with its authorized affiliates. Depending on deal structure, jurisdiction, and local rules, engagements may be carried out through Financely Group LLC, a non-deposit-taking, non-banking financial company; Ashford Capital Advisory LLC; or another related entity.
Financely and its affiliates are not registered as securities broker-dealers and do not execute securities transactions or hold client funds or securities. When a mandate involves the purchase or sale of securities and a registered intermediary is required, any orders are introduced to and executed by one or more independent U.S. broker-dealers registered with the SEC and FINRA. Those broker-dealers are solely responsible for trade execution, custody, and related regulatory obligations. Nothing in this material constitutes an offer, solicitation, or recommendation to buy or sell any security or to engage in any specific transaction. Before engaging Financely Group LLC, Ashford Capital Advisory LLC, or any affiliate, you are responsible for confirming that such engagement complies with your own legal, regulatory, tax, and other requirements. In the United States, certain advisory activities may be conducted in reliance on exemptions available under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, including the “foreign private adviser” exemption where applicable. Our services and regulatory status may vary by jurisdiction and by transaction type.
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