Independent trade finance advisory

The instrument your deal needs, drawn from a network built to hold weight.

Banyan One Group arranges Letters of Credit, Standby Letters of Credit, Bank Guarantees and Performance Guarantees through licensed banks and trade finance houses — so your transaction closes on the counterparty's terms, not just your own.

18
years arranging trade instruments
$1.2B+
in facilities placed for clients
40+
issuing banks & finance houses
6
regions actively served

Four instruments, one point of contact

Every deal has a different pressure point — a supplier who won't ship without assurance of payment, a tender that requires a bond, a buyer who wants payment tied to performance. We match the instrument to that pressure point, not the other way around.

Payment assurance

Letters of Credit

A bank's conditional promise to pay your supplier once shipping documents are presented — the instrument that lets two parties who've never worked together trade with confidence.

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Standby assurance

Standby Letters of Credit

A guarantee that sits in reserve, drawn only if you fail to perform or pay — reassurance a counterparty can hold without disrupting the way you already do business.

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Contractual security

Bank Guarantees

Protection against non-delivery, non-payment or breach of contract, issued by a licensed bank so both sides can commit to terms without absorbing the other's risk.

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Tender & project security

Performance Guarantees

A bond that backs your commitment to complete a contract to specification — often the difference between qualifying for a tender and being passed over.

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How an engagement runs

No two deals arrive the same way, but every engagement moves through the same four stages.

01

Consult

We hear the deal — the counterparty, the contract, the timeline — and identify which instrument actually fits.

02

Structure

We size the facility against your cash position and shape terms an issuing bank will accept on a first pass.

03

Place

We take the structured request to the issuing banks and trade finance houses in our network best suited to it.

04

Issue

Once terms are agreed, the instrument is issued directly by the bank or licensed entity — never by us.

Why the banyan

A banyan tree grows outward, not just upward. Its aerial roots drop from the canopy, reach the ground, and become trunks in their own right — until one tree reads as a grove, each part able to bear weight on its own.

That's the structure we've built. Banyan One Group isn't a single lender wearing a trade finance label; we're an independent point of contact into banks and finance houses that already carry the license and the balance sheet to issue. When one door is slow, another is already rooted.

More about our approach

Bring us the deal, we'll find the instrument.

A short call is usually enough to tell you whether it's an LC, an SBLC, or a guarantee.

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