EAST PAY case studies: building a payment route
Deals where the payment route had to be built for a specific task: sanction constraints, three jurisdictions, a frozen supplier account.
Paying for a heavy machinery delivery to Georgia under sanctions
The client sells construction machinery in Russia and was paying for a delivery to Georgia. A direct payment wouldn't go through because of sanctions restrictions on the recipient's side.
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Paying for a crab shipment across three jurisdictions
An exporter needed to receive payment for a crab shipment: the goods went to South Korea, while the contractual supplier was a Russian company.
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Payment from China for a coal exporter under sanctions
After shipping coal to China, the buyer couldn't pay because of sanctions — the delay risked daily penalties and major losses.
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Paying for industrial equipment from Europe
A manufacturer was buying machine tools in Europe, but the supplier refused a direct payment from Russia while delivery deadlines were closing in.
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Paying ocean freight on an import from Asia
An importer had to pay for ocean shipping and port services in Asia, but the freight payment kept stalling and the containers risked demurrage.
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Paying for marketing in China when only dollars would do
A Russian company paid for marketing services in China, but the supplier couldn't open an account with the client's bank — and its own bank could only accept US dollars.
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Freight for a shipping line: a payment on its own vessel
A shipping line was paying freight for its own vessel: the payment called for a route built around a specific recipient and the currency of the contract.
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A payment to South Africa for a logistics company
A logistics company couldn't find a payment agent to handle its importer's payment to South Africa.
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Returning export revenue for a cosmetics exporter to Europe
The company makes natural cosmetics and supplies them to Europe, but ran into trouble bringing its foreign-currency revenue back.
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Paying for furniture from China via Alipay after the supplier's account was frozen
An importer was ordering furniture from China, but the supplier's account was frozen — the only way left to pay was crediting yuan to the company's Alipay.
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