ABOUT US

Why SCFA?

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SCFA was created as a result of four professionals having the same vision and passion joining forces to form a world class advisory firm with a view to satisfying demand for advisory service in markets across different geographies.

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Our Mission

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We strive to be The McKinsey of Trade Finance and Transaction Banking.

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Our Target Clients

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We are targeting SMEs to mid-sized corporate clients and regional F.I.s.

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Our Value Proposition

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We offer best-in-class client-centric advisory service with a combined wealth of experience spanning several continents and our staff are formerly with various global banks, factoring companies, shipping company and FinTech.  One of our competitive advantages is our ability to accommodate end to end advisory service for trade flows originating between Asia Pacific and North America and APAC intra-regional flows. We offer unbiased views to provide a holistic recommendation as to what would be the best financing structure and appropriate lender to work with that would be in your best interest. 

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What We Offer

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•Play matchmaker role to refer a lender to our client who is looking for financing to accommodate your own unique requirement

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   • work with lender to obtain the best possible financing rate in the market for our clients

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• Rent a CFO for clients who wants to outsource their CFO functions in particular the negotiation of financing contract  to us 

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• Rent a Project Manager to outsource the professional project management on a full-time basis to us so you can free up your time to focus on business development

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• Advise our clients on Structured Trade Finance solutions:

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   • Non-Recourse Export Factoring

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   • Invoice Financing

 

   • Purchase Order Financing

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   • Reverse Factoring  

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   • Supply Chain Finance also known as Payables Finance

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   • Structured Trade Financing 

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   • Bill of Exchange and Promissory Note Financing

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   • In-transit Inventory Financing

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   • Credit/Poltical Risk Mitigation

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   • Structuring Delivery and Payment terms to optimise Cash Flow/Liquidity

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• LC, Documentary Collection and OA Review

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• Cross-Border AR Portfolio Review and How To Unlock Your Working Capital

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• Customized Trade Training with real life examples

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• Review your international sales expansion strategy

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• Diagnose and Review your Trade Digitalisation strategy

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• Act as Expert Witness if required in a court litigation case

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• Work with Blockchain/IT service providers to design trade work flow by providing business input from a user perspective

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• ICC Rules Advisory

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• Other Cash and Trade-related Advisory 

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