Platform
Helm: trade payments for importers, exporters and wholesalers.
One workspace for every account, payment, balance and document a cross-border trading business runs, operated with licensed partners in each region.
One workspace for every account, payment, balance and document a cross-border trading business runs, operated with licensed partners in each region.
Helm brings a trading business’s collection accounts, payout accounts, currency conversion and documents into one place. Suppliers are paid on local rails, buyers pay locally, balances are held with licensed partners, and every transaction carries the invoice, customs and tax documents the business needs. Freight forwarders and trade platforms offer Helm to their customers as a shared workspace.
Local collection and payout accounts in the currencies the business trades.
Supplier payouts and buyer collections with full documentation.
Spot and forward conversion through licensed providers.
Invoices, bills of lading and customs documents attached to each payment.
Volumes, fees, rates and settlement times by corridor.
Businesses buying and selling across borders.
Businesses paying overseas suppliers and collecting from domestic buyers.
Firms offering payments to their trade customers.
Latin America, Africa, the Gulf and South-East Asia to and from the United Kingdom, Europe and North America, through licensed partners in each.
Licensed partners in each region. The business contracts with those partners through Helm.
Two to four weeks from documents, depending on corridors.
A monthly platform fee plus the partners’ transaction and conversion fees, set out in writing.
A demonstration on the firm’s accounts, flows and reporting, arranged within the week.