Trade documents you can trust before you pay
The importer sends you a credit's or a collection's documents as soon as they are signed: each from a verified sender, checked against the credit's terms, and impossible to alter unseen. Examination and payment stay with you.
How it changes
Today
With Sila
- TodayDocuments arrive by courier or as scans, days after shipment.With SilaThe importer sends them through a secure link as soon as they are signed.
- TodayA forged or altered document can look like any other.With SilaEach document is signed by its sender and fingerprinted; a changed copy no longer matches.
- TodayThe same invoice can be presented more than once.With SilaSila flags an invoice number already used on another shipment file.
- TodayChecks on the beneficiary rest on what the applicant provides.With SilaEach supplier is verified at its registry, signatory and bank account, and screened against sanctions lists every day.
- TodayDiscrepancies are found at examination.With SilaEach document is checked against the credit's terms as it arrives, before presentation.
What Sila does for you
Nothing to install
A secure link to one shipment, open while the credit or collection runs.
Upload what you issue
The importer can ask you to upload the letter of credit through the same link.
One PDF to verify
A document set with each document's fingerprint, verifiable by its reference.
Questions to the importer
Through the same link, kept with the file.
Title in step with payment
The file shows who holds the eBL, or where the paper originals are.
The examination stays yours
Sila's check is for reference; you examine and pay in your own systems.
Receive your next shipment's documents through Sila
We show your trade finance team a shipment file.