Wholesalers play a pivotal part in any supply chain. So missing out of revenue through bad exchange rates and a lack of currency risk strategy can have a huge impact.

In particular, international finances for wholesalers are impacted by:

  1. Costs of materials increasing as a result of exchange rates, where these are imported

  2. Increased currency risk on incoming payments agreed over a longer period of time

  3. Staff costs growing in countries where inflation impacts the exchange rate

  4. Disconnect between inventory and spend across borders

Opting for a currency risk solution can make a huge difference to wholesalers, putting everything in one place.

Key problems solved

Sending and receiving international payments
Sending and receiving international payments

Raise invoices, pay suppliers and staff with batch payments, and manage international finance, linked to a central bank account, from one location.

Batch payments can be made in multiple currencies to up to 5,000 recipients. Chase emails are automatically sent for unpaid invoices and regular, scheduled payments can also be utilized.

Expense management and fuel options
Expense management and fuel options

Use physical or virtual cards by individual, team, fleet, event, or at a business level to manage expense spending. Most options come with real-time tracking and receipt upload functions and custom approval processes can be created for specific areas of the business. These also include the ability to freeze and unfreeze cards.

Managing local currency accounts and obligations
Managing local currency accounts and obligations

Hold currency and manage local accounts for when access to funds is needed. For incoming payments, you can choose to keep them in the local account at no cost, sometimes earning interest, use them at a later date for an outgoing payment, or transfer them to a different currency. Receiving, converting, and sending costs are generally lower than using a traditional bank.

Mix of domestic and international payments
Mix of domestic and international payments

Utilize the benefit of both domestic and international payment support in one place and remove the need to have two suppliers for domestic and cross-border payment support.

Recommended wholesale provider

Airwallex is our recommended provider for wholesale companies. They offer the most flexibility on card use and the widest range of local multi-currency accounts.