The Export Finance Matchmaker (EFM)

The Export Finance Matchmaker (EFM) website at www.doc.gov/td/efm helps you:

Match with financing firms that are likely to facilitate your overseas sales

Understand export financing terminology and techniques

Link to other U.S. government and state export finance websites

Contact other U.S. government agencies for more information.

Provides a variety of financial products:

Pre-export capital: Financing to fill export orders

Direct loans to foreign buyers: Financing the overseas buyer

Forfaiting: Converting a foreign buyer’s medium and long-term receivables to cash

Export factoring: Converting short-term foreign account receivables to cash

Documentary products: Facilitating collections from overseas buyers using various bank products

Export credit insurance: Reducing an exporter’s credit and political risk with insurance

Miscellaneous types: Offering collection activity, foreign exchange, purchase order financing, and structured trade finance/ offsets, among others

EFM’S FIVE SIMPLE STEPS TO FINANCING:

GO TO: www.ita.doc.gov/td/efm. Click “ENTER.”

Click “EXPORTERS” on the left menu.

Complete the “exporter query” and click “SUBMIT.”

Review the results and choose the option to have EFM send an email to all, a select few, or only one matched firm!