International Trade Finance
Whether you are an established exporter or importer—or exploring global opportunities for the first time—Santander1 can help you strengthen your business relationships around the world. Our international trade financing solutions can help you mitigate risk, optimize working capital, negotiate more favorable terms—and ventures across borders with confidence.
Export Trade Solutions
Export Credit Agency (ECA)
The Export & Credit Agency Finance team helps clients:
- identify optimal financial solutions to assist with engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts, and
- implement investment plans for exports of capital goods.
Santander works closely with ECAs and Multilateral Agencies (MLAs) in order to help minimize political, commercial and project risks. In addition, Santander’s global network allows clients to make decisions based on current information and optimizes the application process.
Expand into new markets, enhance customer confidence, and help mitigate payment risk with export trade solutions from Santander.
- Export Letters of Credit
- Export Documentary Collection
- Ex-Im* Bank Working Capital Guarantee Program for pre-export financing
Santander Navigator Global2
Global trade can feel overwhelming and complex. Which markets will offer the best return? Who will your buyers be? Does your product meet local preferences or standards? And what steps need to be taken to enter a new market? It can feel risky and mistakes can be costly.
Navigator Global brings everything together to help you find the right markets, plan what to do next, and connect you with specialists — making it easier to move faster and grow with confidence.
Find your market with data-driven insights to see where your products will thrive.
- Identify strong global opportunities in minutes not months with Market Finder, exploring 41 market profiles.
- Move faster than competitors with real-time insights tailored to your business.
- Remove research bottlenecks and accelerate your expansion.
Plan what’s next with step-by-step Action Plans to guide your entry into new markets.
- Get a tailored roadmap broken down into clear, manageable steps. It will help you save time and money by reducing the risk of missed steps.
- Move faster with guidance from trade specialists.
- Close knowledge gaps in trade mechanics.
Connect with specialists to expand faster into new markets (Premium membership only).
- Connect with over 250 verified* trade solution providers across logistics, customs, tax, compliance, and legal.
- Save time and money with exclusive rates.
- Make decisions with greater certainty, unlocking real commercial momentum.
*As used herein, “verified” and similar terms means, verified, etc., by Navigator Global, without review or endorsement by or liability to Santander Bank, N.A. Navigator Global’s verification process for (x) providers may be limited to confirming a provider’s existence, offer of a particular service in the applicable jurisdiction, and willingness to provide services to Navigator Global users and (y) for buyers may be limited to confirming a buyer’s existence and apparent bona fide interest in purchasing goods. Users should undertake their own due diligence of providers and buyers before engaging or entering into agreements for services or sale of goods.
Working Capital Solutions
- Trade Loans to finance your imports and pre-export needs.
- Standby Letters of Credit (L/C) enhance your promise of payment by making Santander Bank secondarily liable to your creditors or customers
- Supply Chain Finance to optimize payment terms with strategic suppliers and reduce working capital needs
- Receivables Finance to unlock trapped cash in your receivables while keeping competitive terms with your customers
1"Santander," "we" and "our" refer to Santander Bank, N.A. and its affiliates.
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