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.
Trade Finance Advisory
Financely structures trade finance transactions to lender standards and introduces matched banks and specialist lenders. We focus on control, auditability, and credit committee readiness. The output is a lender-ready file and a managed decisioning process to written outcomes.
If you want the operational workflow first, review How It Works. If you want market context, start with What Is Trade Finance.
Trade finance is not a generic lending request. It is a structured credit built around a verifiable commercial obligation, documentary control, collateral or cash control, and a monitoring model that a lender can operate. We structure the facility around the transaction mechanics, then route it to lenders whose mandate fits your product, corridor, tenor, and control perimeter. For reference on common instruments we arrange, see Trade Finance Instruments We Arrange.
For structured commodity workflows, see Physical Commodity Trading And Structured Trade Finance.
If your business is focused on commodities, see Commodity Trade Finance and Funding For Physical Commodity Trade.
We do not send narratives. We produce a submission package that reads like an internal lender file, then we run lender decisioning. For borrowing base requests, we align the pack to asset eligibility, reserves, reporting, and controls as described in Borrowing Base Facilities For Physical Commodity Trades.
Financely acts as arranger and advisor. We coordinate execution through appropriately licensed and regulated partners where required. We are not a bank and do not promise approvals or funding. The purpose of structuring is to make the request underwritable and operationally workable for the lender. For terminology on documentary credits, see Documentary Letter Of Credit and for collections as a lower-bank-risk alternative, see Documentary Collections.
Retainers for structuring and lender introductions typically start at USD 11,250, subject to transaction complexity, jurisdiction, and the breadth of lender routing required. Facility economics, collateral controls, and documentation burdens drive the scope.
Indicative Only: For discussion purposes. Subject to diligence, KYB and KYC, AML and sanctions screening, lender approvals, definitive documentation, security perfection, and insurance. Terms below illustrate a common lender framework for physical commodity and goods trade flows. For a standalone market example, see Commodity Trade Finance Term Sheet.
| Term | Indicative Provision |
|---|---|
| Borrower | Trading company or importer or exporter with verifiable trade history, clean KYB, and defined trade cycle. |
| Facility Type | Transactional RCF and or borrowing base revolving facility. Optional LC and confirmation sublimit. |
| Facility Size | Subject to underwriting. Sized to trade cycle, collateral availability, and concentration limits. |
| Tenor | 12 months committed with renewal option, or transactional draws 30 to 180 days depending on cycle and corridor. |
| Use Of Proceeds | Purchase of goods, freight, duties, and transaction costs directly tied to self-liquidating trades. |
| Eligible Collateral | Eligible receivables, eligible inventory, in transit goods, and cash in controlled accounts, subject to eligibility criteria and reserves. |
| Controls | Controlled collection account, cash waterfall, documentary control for title documents, release procedures, and lender reporting rights. |
| Advance Rates | Indicative only. Inventory and receivables advance rates set by commodity, jurisdiction, storage and control profile, and buyer quality. Reserves applied for haircuts and concentration. |
| Borrowing Base | Weekly or bi-weekly borrowing base certificate. Ineligibles, reserves, and concentration limits applied. Independent verification may be required. |
| Documentary Credits | DLC under UCP 600. SBLC under ISP98 where applicable. Demand guarantees under URDG 758 where applicable. Sublimits and cash margin depend on corridor and collateral profile. |
| Pricing | Floating reference plus margin, plus line and structuring fees where applicable. Pricing reflects corridor risk, control perimeter, and monitoring burden. |
| Fees | Upfront facility fee and unused fee as applicable. LC issuance, confirmation, and negotiation fees per bank schedule where applicable. |
| Covenants | Minimum liquidity, leverage and coverage metrics where applicable, concentration limits, and reporting covenants. Borrowing base triggers and cash dominion. |
| Reporting | Trade blotter, aging schedules, inventory reports, shipment documents, sales confirmations, bank statements for controlled accounts, and periodic financial reporting. |
| Conditions Precedent | KYB and KYC completion, sanctions clearance, executed facility and security docs, account control agreements, insurance, and operational onboarding of reporting and controls. |
| Governing Law | To be agreed. Commonly English law or New York law, subject to lender policy and collateral jurisdiction. |
A verifiable trade cycle with clean contracts, identifiable counterparties, auditable economics, and a control perimeter that allows a lender to monitor collateral and cash. The submission must reconcile across documents and describe an operationally workable draw and reporting model.
No. Financely is not a lender. We structure the request, package the file, introduce matched banks and lenders, and manage decisioning and documentation sequencing through closing.
Yes, where the corridor and transaction profile fit the issuing bank’s risk appetite and the security and control package supports issuance. Documentary credits operate under rules such as UCP 600, with SBLCs commonly under ISP98.
A borrowing base facility is a revolving line sized to eligible collateral with periodic borrowing base testing and reporting. Transactional funding is typically draw-by-draw against defined shipments and documentary triggers. For detailed mechanics, see Borrowing Base Facilities.
Submit your trade flow and documents. Financely will revert with a deal-specific checklist and a proposed structuring approach, then we route to matched lenders and manage decisioning through term sheet and closing.
Trade finance outcomes depend on credit, controls, and compliance readiness. Well-structured files convert faster because lenders can underwrite and monitor the exposure without improvisation.
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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