Have a consolidated view of your recent trade activity
Securely transmit your data
Track information
Create customized reports
Manage Email Alerts
Single sign-on to U.S. Bank Treasury Management suite of services
View Trade Calendar
Use templates and data browsers
Send and Receive Secure Messages
Expedite your Import/Export/Standby letter of credit processing
Export Letters of Credit
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Electronically view and receive details of advised export letters of credit. Manage transfers,
assignment of proceeds and amendments. Track the status of bank documents and respond to discrepancy
notifications with your instructions. Obtain current minute balance and history information, and
access reports.
Import Letters of Credit
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Electronically initiate import letter of credit applications and amendments through a user-friendly
data entry format. Respond to discrepancy notifications, receive electronic copies of the issued
letter of credit, amendment and transaction-related bank documents. Obtain current minute balance
and history information, and access reports.
Standby Letters of Credit
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Electronically initiate standby letter of credit applications and amendments through a user-friendly
data entry format. Respond to discrepancy notifications, receive electronic copies of the issued
letter of credit, amendment and transaction-related bank documents. Obtain current balance and
history information, and access comprehensive reports.
Electronically handle Documentary Collections
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Control the flow of title documents for your export merchandise. Electronically initiate export
collection cover letters and send collections documents directly to your customer’s bank, with
instructions to be held until they either pay or agree to pay at a specified date. Receive reporting
details for each incoming import collection as it is received and processed by U.S. Bank. Obtain
up-to-the minute balance and history information, and access reports.
Efficiently manage your open account transactions and purchase orders
Open Account
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Electronically initiate open account applications and amendments through a user-friendly data entry
format. Request automated data verification of purchase orders and invoices and identify
discrepancies. Respond to discrepancy notifications, receive electronic copies of an open account
cover letter, amendment and transaction-related bank documents. Automatically create open account
transactions from purchase orders or attach purchase orders to the instrument. Obtain up-to-the
minute balance and history information, and access reports.
Purchase Order Processing
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Directly upload purchase order data directly to Global Trade from your proprietary system.
Automatically create import letters of credit and/or open accounts from purchase orders or attach
purchase orders to the instrument. View discrepancies at the purchase order line level. Easily
manage and maintain purchase order templates to simplify and streamline import letter of credit or
open account processing. Obtain purchase order balances, shipments and all purchase order details
available.
Global Trade enables you to:
Have a consolidated view of your recent trade activity
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Access all trade information from “Transactions in Process”, a home page that provides a
consolidated view of your pending activities. You can perform a variety of functions including
review, modify, delete, approve or reject trade transactions.
Securely transmit your data
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Be assured that your trade data is secure and protected by 128-bit encryption, sophisticated user
identity authentication tools and other security measures. All transmitted and stored data is
encrypted to ensure privacy and message integrity.
Track information
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Reduce the time and expense involved with paperwork and transaction tracking by accessing your trade
information in Global Trade. Receive electronic copies of originated trade instruments, amendment
and transaction-related bank documents. View status and history of your originations, amendments,
discrepancies and payment advices.
Create customized reports
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In addition to over 60 comprehensive standard reports, Global Trade gives you an ability to build
your own reports via Data Export Definitions function. These customizable reports include balance,
history, charges and purchase order reporting. You can select report format to be PDF, Microsoft
Word or Excel. You can access them in Global Trade or have the system email the report to you at a
specific time.
Manage Email Alerts
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Create and manage your email alerts that can be received as soon as transactions occur or at a
specific time. You can choose between a comprehensive and a simple email alert. The simple alert
notifies you that there is new activity in Global Trade but it does not provide any detail about the
activity. The comprehensive alert contains some key details about the transaction like a reference
number, party names and amounts.
Single sign-on to U.S. Bank Treasury Management suite of services
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Single sign-on provides convenient, integrated access to multiple U.S. Bank Internet-based products
and services such as U.S. Bank Global Trade, SinglePoint®, Image Look and FXWeb. You can login once
and navigate between these services with a single customer ID, user ID and password.
View Trade Calendar
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Use trade calendar to view key events scheduled to occur in the system, including maturity, payment
and expiration dates for your letters of credit, open account and documentary collection
transactions.
Use templates and data browsers
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Save time and control cost by issuing trade finance instruments using error-reducing automated
processes, standardized templates and data browsers. You can create a limitless number of templates
for every vendor or buyer in Global Trade.
Send and receive Secure Messages
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Communicate with U.S. Bank operations staff in a highly secure environment using Secure Messaging
feature. Attach external document images (Bill of Lading or an invoice) to your secure message.
Link your secure messages to instruments making the correspondence a part of the instrument’s
history.