Independent cross-border trade finance advisory
Trade finance, built around the transaction.
ACESSI prepares, structures and coordinates cross-border purchases so that export credit agencies, banks and insurers can finance them. Five desks cover the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia — on both sides of the transaction: where the goods are made and where they are bought.
What we do
We make complex transactions easier to finance.
Cross-border purchases fail to get financed for ordinary reasons: statements on a local standard, ownership records nobody has assembled, a supplier contract that does not match the application. ACESSI's work is to remove those reasons before the institution sees the file.
Buyer finance preparation
For companies buying equipment, materials or services abroad: organizing the transaction, closing the documentation gaps and preparing the buyer for institutional review.
- Transaction definition
- Readiness and document-gap review
- Application packages for lenders and export credit agencies
Financial reporting for institutions
Statements prepared under a local standard rarely satisfy a foreign lender or agency. With reporting partners, ACESSI prepares US GAAP and IFRS conversions, agency-format reporting packs and ongoing covenant reporting.
- Local GAAP to US GAAP or IFRS conversion
- Export credit agency reporting formats
- Financial-statement error detection
Structuring and coordination
Identifying which categories of financing source fit the transaction, and coordinating the buyer, supplier, lenders, insurers and agencies through to the institution's decision.
- Multi-source and multi-agency structures
- Project and structured finance
- Investment-based working capital
Desks and coverage
Five desks. One firm.
Each desk is the point of contact for companies in its territory and knows the lenders, insurers and export credit agencies active there. Most transactions involve two desks: one where the goods are made, one where they are bought.
United StatesU.S. exporters, and U.S. companies buying abroad
U.S. export credit, worldwideAny transaction financed with U.S. export credit, run together with the desk covering the buyer
EXIM, U.S. export-finance and commercial lenders, private credit, trade credit insurers
CanadaCanadian exporters, and Canadian companies buying abroad
English-speaking CaribbeanJamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, the Bahamas, Guyana
Canadian export credit, worldwideAny transaction financed with Canadian export credit, run together with the desk covering the buyer
EDC, Canadian banks active in trade finance, trade credit insurers
ACESSI Mexico
Visit acessimexico.comMexicoImporters, manufacturers and exporters across the country
Central America and the CaribbeanGuatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic
South AmericaColombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil
Export credit agencies of the supplier's country, Bancomext and regional development banks, local and international banks
ACESSI Spain
Visit acessispain.comEuropeEuropean Union, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Türkiye
Middle EastUnited Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan
North AfricaMorocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt
Sub-Saharan AfricaSenegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa
Caucasus and Central AsiaAzerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
European export credit agencies such as CESCE, SACE, Bpifrance and UKEF, development finance institutions, commercial banks, trade credit insurers
ACESSI Hong Kong
Visit acessihongkong.comGreater ChinaMainland China, Hong Kong, Macau
Southeast AsiaVietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore
South AsiaIndia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
North Asia and the PacificSouth Korea, Japan, Australia
China Exim, SINOSURE and other Asian export credit agencies, regional and international banks, trade credit insurers
Corridors
Where the goods come from, and where they go.
Export credit follows the supplier's country; the buyer's country shapes the risk. Each corridor pairs the desks that know both sides.
United States → Latin America
U.S. equipment, materials and services for buyers in Mexico, Central America and South America.
ACESSI USA · ACESSI MexicoUnited States → Europe, Middle East and Africa
U.S. capital goods and technology for buyers from Europe to the Gulf and across Africa.
ACESSI USA · ACESSI SpainUnited States → Asia
U.S. energy, industrial and technology equipment for buyers in South and Southeast Asia.
ACESSI USA · ACESSI Hong KongCanada → Latin America and the Caribbean
Canadian equipment and services for buyers in Mexico, the Caribbean and South America.
ACESSI Canada · ACESSI MexicoCanada → Europe, Middle East and Africa
Canadian mining, energy and industrial equipment for buyers across Europe, the Gulf and Africa.
ACESSI Canada · ACESSI SpainChina → Mexico and Latin America
Chinese machinery, vehicles and components for Mexican and Latin American buyers, including manufacturers expanding capacity in Mexico.
ACESSI Hong Kong · ACESSI MexicoChina → Africa and the Middle East
Chinese equipment and project supply for buyers and sponsors across Africa and the Gulf.
ACESSI Hong Kong · ACESSI SpainEurope ↔ Mexico
European suppliers selling to Mexican buyers with European export credit support, and Mexican exporters selling into Europe.
ACESSI Spain · ACESSI MexicoEurope → Africa and the Middle East
European capital goods and project supply for buyers in North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Gulf.
ACESSI SpainEurope → Asia
European machinery and technology for buyers across South and Southeast Asia.
ACESSI Spain · ACESSI Hong KongNorth Asia → Southeast and South Asia
Chinese, Korean and Japanese suppliers selling to buyers across Southeast and South Asia.
ACESSI Hong KongMexico → United States and Canada
Mexican manufacturers exporting north, supported by receivables insurance and working capital.
ACESSI Mexico · ACESSI USA · ACESSI CanadaFinancing sources
The institutions that finance. ACESSI prepares.
The institutions below illustrate the categories of financing source a transaction can draw on. ACESSI is not an agent, representative or affiliate of any of them, and each decides on its own terms.
Export credit agencies
Official agencies that guarantee, insure or lend against exports from their country. Which agency applies depends on where the goods are produced.
- United States: EXIM
- Canada: EDC
- United Kingdom: UKEF
- Spain: CESCE · Italy: SACE · France: Bpifrance
- China: China Exim, SINOSURE
Commercial and development banks
Lenders that fund the transaction, often alongside an agency guarantee, and development banks that support trade in their own markets.
- Export-finance lenders
- Trade finance banks
- Development banks such as Bancomext
- Development finance institutions
Insurers and private credit
Trade credit insurers that protect receivables, and funds that lend where banks do not.
- Trade credit insurance
- Private credit and leasing
- Structured and project finance investors
Process
Prepare first. Structure second. Coordinate third.
Institutional financing depends on the buyer, the supplier, the documents, the financial statements and the structure telling one coherent story. Most of the work is in the first step, and most delays come from skipping it.
Transaction screen
Buyer, supplier, product, country of production, amount and timing. Usually a short call and the readiness check.
Readiness review
Financial reporting, ownership documentation, debt schedule and transaction papers, measured against what institutions will ask for.
Financing path
Which categories of source fit the transaction — banks, insurers, export credit agencies, private credit — and in what combination, subject to each provider's own eligibility.
Institutional coordination
Presenting the prepared transaction with the desks on both sides, and managing the review through to the institution's decision.
How we work
The same standards on every desk.
ACESSI is one firm, not a group of separate national companies. Every desk works under the same engagement terms, the same confidentiality rules and the same disclosures.
A written engagement before any work
Every mandate starts with an engagement letter that sets out the scope, the fees and ACESSI's role. Nothing is presented to a financing source without the client's authorization.
Confidential by default
Client information is used only for the engagement. Financial documents move through a secure channel, never through a public website, and reach an institution only with the client's consent.
Clear about who decides
ACESSI prepares, structures and coordinates. The bank, insurer or agency makes the credit decision, and every document ACESSI issues says so.
Sectors
Where our transactions come from.
Most cross-border financing ACESSI prepares involves durable assets with a clear link between the purchase and the revenue that repays it.
Bankability
Know what needs work before the lender does.
A ten-question readiness check that runs in your browser. It shows what to have in order before an institutional review — not whether you qualify or on what terms.
Preliminary inquiry
Tell us what you are trying to accomplish.
Buyers, suppliers and institutions can write here. Your inquiry goes to the desk covering your country, and qualified inquiries receive a reply within two business days.