International payments
for importers.
Settle supplier invoices in the currency they prefer, protect purchase margins with forward contracts, and see every FX cost clearly - before you confirm.
Why supplier payments
erode your margins.
Every time a UK importing business pays an overseas supplier through a high street bank, it faces a cost that rarely appears on any invoice: a hidden exchange rate margin embedded in the rate itself. Finance directors see a number and a total - but not what that rate actually costs.
For UK importers this FX exposure is structural - the business earns in sterling and spends in euros, dollars, yuan and more. Every movement in GBP/USD, GBP/EUR or GBP/CNH flows directly to the bottom line, whether or not the business is actively managing it.
Pay in their currency.
Know the cost upfront.
Stately FX gives importing businesses a named multi-currency account, real-time exchange rates with full transparency, and the ability to lock in a rate for future invoices the moment a purchase order is placed - so the sterling cost of every shipment is known before the goods leave the warehouse.
- Transparent spot rates: see the exact GBP cost of any foreign currency payment before you confirm
- Forward contracts: lock the rate on a future invoice from PO placement to settlement
- 130+ currencies: pay EUR, USD, CNH, INR, THB and 125+ other supplier currencies
- Bulk payment file upload: settle multiple supplier invoices in a single batch operation
- Named beneficiary accounts: store supplier details and reuse across payment runs
Protect your
purchase margins.
A forward contract placed at the moment a purchase order is confirmed locks the GBP cost of that shipment for up to 12 months. When your supplier invoices in USD or EUR, the rate is already fixed - GBP/USD or GBP/EUR movements between PO and payment date have no effect on your landed cost.
Paying a supplier
in four steps.
From purchase order to settled invoice in a process your finance team can run in minutes, not hours.
Everything you need,
in one place.
All the tools an importing business needs to manage multi-currency supplier payments from a single platform.
Frequently
asked.
Common questions from UK importing businesses managing overseas supplier payments.
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International payments
for exporters.
Collect international revenue using local account details in your customers' markets, control the timing of FX conversion, and protect the sterling value of every overseas sale.
Getting paid internationally
costs more than it should.
When UK exporters ask overseas customers to send a SWIFT wire, two things routinely happen: the customer pays an international transfer fee, and correspondent banks deduct handling charges in transit. The business receives less than was invoiced - with no advance warning and no explanation.
On top of the deductions, the receiving bank applies an exchange rate margin at the point of conversion. For a business with regular international revenue, this combination of costs and delays repeats with every single payment cycle.
Collect like a local.
Receive the full amount.
Stately FX provides named local collection accounts in 14+ currencies. Your overseas customers pay domestically - no international fees, no correspondent bank deductions, no opaque margin applied at point of receipt. The full invoiced amount lands in your multi-currency wallet.
- Named accounts in 14+ currencies in your business name
- Receive the full invoiced amount - no correspondent deductions
- GBP same-day via Faster Payments
- EUR same-day if submitted before 14:00
- Hold in received currency - convert when the rate suits your business
- Forward contracts on known future receipts to protect the GBP value
Hold or convert -
you decide when.
When USD, EUR or AUD revenue lands in your collection account, you choose when to convert to GBP. If the rate is unfavourable today, hold the balance and convert when conditions improve. If you have a known future GBP cost, forward contract the receipt to lock the rate now.
This combination of local collection infrastructure and flexible conversion timing gives UK exporters the same rate management capabilities that large multinationals use as standard.
Everything you need,
in one place.
All the tools a UK exporter needs to collect, hold, convert and repatriate international revenue - from a single platform.
Frequently
asked.
Common questions from UK businesses exporting goods and services internationally.
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International payments
for ecommerce.
Collect marketplace payouts in local currency, pay international suppliers without converting twice, and manage multi-currency cash flow across your entire operation.
The double-conversion
problem.
Most UK ecommerce businesses sell internationally through Amazon, Shopify, eBay and other platforms - and then pay overseas suppliers for the inventory they sold. Without multi-currency infrastructure, every transaction involves two conversions: marketplace revenue converted to GBP, then GBP converted back to USD or EUR to pay the supplier. Each conversion carries a margin cost and a timing risk.
The result is that a business selling in USD and buying in USD still pays FX twice - because the platform converts to GBP and the payment provider converts back out.
Hold, match and pay.
Convert only the net.
Stately FX provides ecommerce businesses with named collection accounts for marketplace payouts in 14+ currencies. Revenue collected in USD stays in USD until you pay your USD supplier - the conversion happens once, on the net position, at a rate you control.
- Named collection accounts: receive Amazon, Shopify, eBay and direct-to-consumer revenue in local currency
- Hold in received currency: match USD revenue to USD supplier costs with no interim conversion
- 130+ currencies for suppliers: pay factories in CNH, HKD, TWD and 127 other currencies
- Bulk payment upload: settle multiple supplier invoices from a single file across currencies
- Convert only the net: if USD in equals USD out, your GBP P&L is fully protected
One platform for
every sales channel.
Whether revenue arrives from Amazon Seller Central, Shopify Payments, eBay, Etsy, or a direct-to-consumer site, Stately FX consolidates multi-currency inflows into a single named wallet. Each channel's revenue is tracked by currency, and supplier payments are matched to the correct currency balance.
Built for multi-channel
ecommerce operations.
Multi-currency collection, supplier payments, FX management and reporting - from a single platform built for ecommerce cash flow complexity.
Frequently
asked.
Common questions from UK ecommerce businesses selling on multiple international platforms.
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money smarter?
Thousands of businesses use the same advanced payments infrastructure to move money internationally with greater speed, lower costs, and full control.
International payments for
travel & hospitality.
Pay hotels, airlines, ground operators and DMCs in their local currency - and protect the margin on every booking from the moment it is confirmed, not when the supplier invoice falls due.
Revenue collected now.
Costs due in six months.
Travel and hospitality businesses operate in an inherently multi-currency environment. A UK tour operator collects GBP from clients nine months before travel - but pays EUR hotels, USD airlines, THB ground handlers and AED transfers only 30 days out. Every currency transaction incurs FX cost, and without deliberate management those costs aggregate to a significant drag on margins already under competitive pressure.
When GBP weakens between booking and travel, the real cost of every overseas supplier increases without any corresponding increase in the sterling revenue collected from the client.
Match revenue to cost.
Hedge the booking cycle.
Stately FX provides travel and hospitality businesses with the infrastructure to collect international client revenue, pay global suppliers in their local currency, and hedge the FX exposure between revenue collection and supplier settlement.
- Hotel and accommodation payments: EUR, USD, THB, AED, JPY across Europe, Asia and the Americas
- Ground operator and DMC payments: pay in local currencies - no SWIFT friction for smaller recurring supplier payments
- Forward contracts at booking confirmation: lock GBP/EUR or GBP/USD from the moment the booking is taken
- International guest collection: US, UAE and Australian guests pay via local account details - no SWIFT fees deducted
- Bulk supplier payment upload: settle multiple hotel and operator invoices in a single batch operation
Hedging the
forward booking book.
The travel booking cycle creates a specific FX challenge: revenue is collected today in GBP, but costs are paid in foreign currencies months later. A forward contract taken out when the booking is confirmed locks the exchange rate for the future supplier settlement - ensuring that the margin built into the package price is preserved regardless of subsequent currency movements.
Built for the travel
payment cycle.
International supplier payments, forward contract management, guest revenue collection and bulk payment processing - from a single platform familiar with the seasonal, volume-driven nature of travel financial operations.
Frequently
asked.
Questions from travel and hospitality finance teams managing multi-currency supplier costs and international guest collections.
Ready to move
money smarter?
Thousands of businesses use the same advanced payments infrastructure to move money internationally with greater speed, lower costs, and full control.
International payments for
professional services.
Collect international client revenue in local currency, convert at the rate that suits you, and protect the GBP value of overseas retainers and project fees.
International revenue that
costs more to collect.
For UK professional services firms - consultancies, law firms, agencies, architects and managed service providers - international billings are often the highest-value part of the revenue mix. Yet most firms still collect them via SWIFT wire, accepting a rate margin applied by the receiving bank at the point of conversion, with no visibility into what the actual cost was until the invoice is reconciled.
For USD or EUR retainers paid monthly, the FX cost is small per payment but material in aggregate. For large project fees or transaction advisory payments, the exchange rate applied on a single payment can represent several thousand pounds of unnecessary cost.
Collect in local currency.
Convert when it suits you.
Stately FX provides professional services firms with named collection accounts in USD, EUR, AUD and 11+ other currencies. International clients pay domestically - no SWIFT fees, no correspondent deductions. The full invoiced amount lands in your multi-currency wallet, and you convert to GBP when the rate meets your target.
- Named accounts in 14+ currencies - USD, EUR, AUD, CAD, SGD and more in your firm's name
- Collect the full invoice amount - no SWIFT deductions, no correspondent bank fees
- Hold and convert on your terms - convert to GBP when the rate is right
- Forward contracts on known monthly retainers - lock the GBP value of the next 12 months of billings
- Rate alerts - notification when your target rate is reached, with one-click conversion
Protecting the GBP value
of billable revenue.
For firms with predictable monthly retainer income in USD or EUR, a forward contract programme covering 3 - 12 months of expected billings removes exchange rate uncertainty from the P&L entirely. The GBP value of each month's billings is known at the point the retainer agreement is signed.
Everything your firm
needs internationally.
Invoicing, collection, FX management and payment of international disbursements - from one platform your finance team will use every day.
Frequently
asked.
Common questions from professional services firms billing international clients.
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Thousands of businesses use the same advanced payments infrastructure to move money internationally with greater speed, lower costs, and full control.
International payments for
technology companies.
Collect SaaS revenue in local currency, pay global team members and vendors without conversion friction, and manage multi-currency treasury from a single platform.
Global revenue with
no joined-up infrastructure.
Technology companies - SaaS businesses, digital agencies, software consultancies and platform operators - typically have a fundamentally global revenue base from day one. But the payments infrastructure is often assembled piecemeal: a Stripe account for card revenue, a high street bank for international wires, and a payroll provider for global team members. Each layer applies its own margin, and finance has no single view.
For a SaaS business billing in USD, EUR and GBP with engineers in Eastern Europe and contractors in Asia, the cost and friction of unmanaged multi-currency payments is a structural overhead that scales with revenue growth.
Scalable infrastructure
for global revenue.
Stately FX provides technology companies with named multi-currency collection accounts for SaaS subscriptions, professional services billings and marketplace revenue - alongside a global payment infrastructure for team members, contractors and vendors in 130+ currencies.
- SaaS revenue collection: named USD, EUR, AUD accounts for direct billing without card network conversion
- Global contractor and vendor payments: pay remote team members and offshore development partners in their local currency
- API and accounting integrations: Xero, NetSuite and direct API access for automated payment flows
- Multi-currency treasury: single platform view of all currency balances, conversions and outward payments
- Dedicated account manager: understanding of SaaS billing cycles, ARR reporting and treasury requirements
Pay your global team
without the friction.
For technology companies with distributed teams - engineers in Poland, designers in Portugal, growth marketers in the US - paying in local currencies removes the SWIFT fee burden from both parties and ensures the full agreed fee lands with the recipient without deductions.
Built for the payment
complexity of growth.
Multi-currency collection, global payments, FX management and accounting integrations - from a platform that scales with your business.
Frequently
asked.
Common questions from technology companies managing multi-currency revenue and global team payments.
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money smarter?
Thousands of businesses use the same advanced payments infrastructure to move money internationally with greater speed, lower costs, and full control.
International payments
for manufacturing.
Pay international raw material suppliers, manage FX risk across your production cycle, and lock purchase costs at order placement - not at invoice date.
FX exposure built into
every production cost.
UK manufacturers sourcing raw materials, components or finished goods from overseas suppliers face a structural FX challenge: production costs are denominated in foreign currencies from the moment a purchase order is placed, but the sterling cost isn't fixed until the invoice is paid - weeks or months later. Every movement in GBP/EUR, GBP/USD or GBP/CNH between PO and payment feeds directly into cost of goods.
For manufacturers with thin margins and high raw material costs, unmanaged FX exposure can turn a profitable production run into a loss-making one before a single unit is shipped.
Built for complex
supply chain payments.
Stately FX gives manufacturing businesses a payments platform matched to the cadence of production - bulk invoice settlement, forward contracts placed at order, and transparent pricing on every international supplier payment across 130+ currencies.
- 130+ supplier currencies: pay EUR, USD, CNH, INR, JPY and other raw material and component suppliers directly
- Forward contracts at PO: lock the GBP cost of a foreign currency purchase order from the moment it is placed
- Bulk payment file upload: settle multiple supplier invoices across currencies in a single batch operation
- Named beneficiary database: store supplier banking details once - reuse across every payment run
- SWIFT GPI tracking: track every payment to confirmed delivery
Hedge matched to
your production cycle.
For manufacturers with predictable ordering cycles - quarterly raw material contracts, seasonal component procurement or rolling production schedules - a forward contract programme aligned to your PO calendar removes FX variance from the production cost model entirely.
From purchase order
to settled invoice.
A payments process built around the manufacturing cycle - from PO placement to multi-supplier batch settlement.
Everything your finance
team needs.
Multi-currency supplier payments, forward contract management and payment tracking - from a single platform.
Frequently
asked.
Common questions from UK manufacturing businesses managing overseas raw material and component supplier payments.
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money smarter?
Thousands of businesses use the same advanced payments infrastructure to move money internationally with greater speed, lower costs, and full control.
International payments for
property businesses.
Move high-value cross-border transactions at competitive rates, lock your exchange rate at exchange agreement, and receive the full purchase price without SWIFT deductions.
High-value transactions
where every basis point counts.
For property businesses - developers, estate agents with international clients, property investment firms and relocating individuals - cross-border payments are high-value and time-sensitive. The exchange rate applied to a £500,000 property purchase can vary by several thousand pounds between providers, and the SWIFT correspondent banking chain deducts unpredictable amounts from the transferred sum.
Completion requires the exact amount to arrive in the vendor's account on the agreed date. A SWIFT deduction or a rate margin applied at the point of transfer can cause a shortfall - with legal and financial consequences.
Competitive rates.
Completion certainty.
Stately FX provides property businesses and their clients with access to competitive exchange rates on high-value transfers, the ability to lock the rate at exchange of contracts, and payment delivery on local rails where available - so the full purchase amount arrives on completion day.
- Competitive exchange rates on transfers from £50,000 upwards - meaningfully better than high street bank rates
- Forward contract from exchange: lock the rate between exchange of contracts and completion
- Local payment rails: EUR payments via SEPA CT, USD via Fedwire - no SWIFT correspondent chain
- No amount deducted in transit: the agreed transfer amount arrives in full
- Dedicated account manager: available throughout the transaction, from rate discussion to completion confirmation
Lock your rate
at exchange agreement.
The period between exchange of contracts and completion on an international property transaction - typically 4 - 12 weeks - represents a window of exchange rate risk. A forward contract placed at exchange locks the GBP cost of the purchase and removes that risk entirely, giving both buyer and solicitor certainty over the sterling amount required on completion day.
Everything a property
business needs globally.
High-value transfer capability, forward rate protection and local payment delivery - for property professionals and their international clients.
Frequently
asked.
Common questions from property professionals and clients managing international real estate transactions.
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money smarter?
Thousands of businesses use the same advanced payments infrastructure to move money internationally with greater speed, lower costs, and full control.
Move money like
a local, globally.
Cash management and foreign exchange solutions for businesses that expect more efficiency, and value from their everyday financial services.
Everything you need to
manage global payments
One platform. Full visibility. Institutional-grade tools built for businesses operating across borders.
Execute international payments as fast domestic transfers across 37+ local rails - reducing costs and settlement times significantly.
Open accounts in your clients' currencies across 14+ locations. Collect, hold, and manage multi-currency balances from one dashboard.
Trade spot, forward contracts, and limit orders with full visibility over every transaction. Lock in rates and hedge currency exposure in-platform.
Centralise payment operations with tailored approval workflows, mass payment uploads, beneficiary validation, and full audit trails.
Direct integrations with Xero, NetSuite, and more. Automate reconciliation and eliminate manual processing entirely.
Verify account details before every payment. Payee confirmation and format validation reduces failed payments and fraud risk.
Process large-scale bulk payouts with speed and accuracy. Upload a single file and distribute to hundreds of beneficiaries simultaneously.
Pay suppliers in 130+ currencies with access to unsecured credit lines - giving your business flexibility without tying up working capital.
Payments that
move at the speed
of business
Access 37+ payment networks and 130+ currencies across every major economic corridor - from London to Lagos, Singapore to São Paulo.
Serving businesses
across every sector
Whether you're moving capital across borders or managing multi-currency treasury, we'll configure our services around how your teams operate.
Settle supplier invoices in the currency they prefer, protect purchase margins with forward contracts, and see every FX cost clearly before you confirm.
Learn moreCollect international revenue using local account details, control the timing of FX conversion, and protect the sterling value of every overseas sale.
Learn moreReceive marketplace payouts in local currency, pay suppliers direct, and eliminate the double-conversion cost that erodes cross-border profitability.
Learn morePay hotels, airlines and ground operators in 130+ currencies, lock supplier rates at booking confirmation, and collect from international guests without SWIFT deductions.
Learn moreCollect client fees in USD, EUR or AUD into named accounts, fix the GBP value of recurring retainers with forward contracts, and pay international disbursements simply.
Learn moreCollect SaaS revenue in local currency, pay global team members and vendors without conversion friction, and manage multi-currency treasury from a single platform.
Learn moreLock raw material and component costs at the point of purchase order, pay multi-currency supplier batches efficiently, and protect production margins from FX volatility.
Learn moreMove high-value cross-border transactions at competitive rates, lock your exchange rate at exchange of contracts, and receive the full purchase price without SWIFT deductions.
Learn moreFrom sign-up to
your first payments.
Our streamlined onboarding removes the delays and complexity typical of traditional banks, so your team can start sending and receiving international payments sooner.
Complete our guided onboarding form in minutes by submitting your business details and KYC documents.
~10 min setupOpen named currency accounts, add beneficiaries, set approval rules for your finance team, and connect your accounting software.
Xero · NetSuiteDeposit via bank transfer, then trade FX at live rates. Use spot, forward contracts, or limit orders to protect margins and control timing.
130+ currenciesTrack every balance, payment, and trade in real-time. Automated reconciliation feeds back into your accounting software - no manual data entry required.
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Stately FX is an independent financial brokerage.
Our payment and FX services are provided by Ebury Partners UK Limited, an Authorised Electronic Money Institution regulated by the FCA (Register No. 900797).
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