Crédit Agricole CIB s cutting-edge e-banking solutions to optimize your international trade operations

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1 GLOBAL TRANSACTION BANKING Crédit Agricole CIB s cutting-edge e-banking solutions to optimize your international trade operations Cash Management by Crédit Agricole CIB : when expertise matters Because good and efficient relations with your trade partners are a key success factor for your company, Crédit Agricole CIB has developed a full range of e-banking solutions to improve your transaction processes at a global scale, allow you to process safer and faster trade finance operations and optimize your supply chain management. Crédit Agricole CIB 9 quai du Président Paul Doumer Paris La Défense +33 (0) cutting-edge_v2.indd 1 07/10/ :12:19

2 OPTIMIZE YOUR TRADE OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN WORLDWIDE Reporting module OPTIM Trade and OPTIM Open Account electronic portals comprise a reporting module that allows you to generate customized reports, easily exportable under Excel or PDF formats. Interfacing functionalities High Security Security of exchanged information is enhanced with https protocol and the use of electronic signatures with certifi cates to ensure highly secure connection, user authentication, confi dentiality of data and nonrepudiation of exchanges. Your company is dealing with domestic/international trade partners and you are looking for effi cient solutions to improve your transaction and exchange processes? Crédit Agricole CIB has developed state-of-the-art electronic solutions to improve your trade relations in terms of safety, time and cost saving for both you and your trade partners : The portal s Internet architecture allows interfacing with different internal management systems -ERP- logistics software. With this service, details of your purchase orders can be integrated automatically in the portal for trade and open account operations. SECURITY ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP COST REDUCTION TIME SAVING YOU Crédit Agricole CIB s solutions Your trade partners TREASURY MANAGEMENT Why choose Crédit Agricole CIB to optimize your trade finance and supply chain activities? Securing and financing international trade : one of Crédit Agricole CIB s core activities We advise you and accompany you on every finance field AUTOMATION USER-FRIENDLY Different solutions adapted to your needs With almost 140 recognized professionals based in 40 countries, the global Export & Trade Finance product line is providing our exporting, importing and investing customers a complete product range including all banking services and fi nancing products in the fi eld of international trade. By choosing Crédit Agricole CIB to optimize your trade fi nance and supply chain activities, you not only choose our solutions, but you also benefi t from the expertise of a strong banking group in every fi nance fi eld (credit, investment, foreign exchange, trade fi nance, etc ) and take advantage of our capacity to always advise you and accompany you at each stage of your projects. Depending on the trust level you have in your trade partners, your strategic perspectives with them or your own requirements, we have developed electronic and innovative solutions to secure and make transaction and exchange processes easier at an international level : Electronic bank guarantees and trade finance solutions secure your worldwide trade operations efficiently Value added supplier payment solutions automate transactions with trust suppliers and build a strategic relation with them Take advantage of our international network Our international trade solutions performance is reinforced by our extensive geographical network and numerous agreements with other banks. By adopting our products, you also adopt our integrated and international network. You would like to process your trade operations more easily and faster? OPTIM Trade is an electronic portal to speed up processing and enhance reliability of trade fi nance operations. Our portal offers a full range of trade fi nance products and services : bank guarantees, import/export L/Cs and collections. This portal is user-friendly and allows you to process your trade operations safely and effi ciently, and gives you a complete reporting of your exchanges and transactions at each stage of the process. You wish to make transactions/exchanges with your main suppliers easier and improve your supply chain effi ciency? Our OPTIM Open Account and OPTIM Suppliers solutions were devised to automate and make exchanges and transactions with strategic suppliers easier, with a high level of security. Offering you the possibility to pay them in advance, those strategic solutions will help you build stronger business relations with your suppliers and bring cost and time savings to your trade operations.

3 You wish to process your trade operations more easily and faster? OPTIM Trade portal is an electronic solution that allows you to manage all your trade fi nance operations more effi ciently with a high level of security. User-friendly Fast Adaptable reporting Lighter administration Enhanced security Assistance & follow-up A user-friendly and electronic solution to make your trade operation processes easier OPTIM Trade was designed to process all your trade operations more effi ciently and faster. It is a transactional and interactive portal that allows to create, modify and view all your trade fi nance operations instantly at each stage of the process. The site allows captures, transmissions and followup of all transactions. You can accelerate captures thanks to a database of counterparts and phrases, and manage your trade operations more effi ciently thanks to various modules such as an interactive calendar and an e- mail alert system. Enhanced security OPTIM Trade provides you with a high level of security thanks to the use of certifi cates and fi ts your requirements by giving you the possibility to control individual access rights and determine authorization levels for each user. OPTIM Trade also comprises an audit trail module that allows you to follow any authorized user s activity at any time. Online features to cover your needs and optimize processes Administration module: a fl exible authorization administration module easily adaptable to match your organizational requirements. Batch approval: authorized users can submit transactions to Crédit Agricole CIB in bulk. Multi-entity: this functionality allows entities of the same group to access our service and provides them with an overall view of the group activity. Online assistance: online help menus are available at each stage of the process to provide additional information. Assistance & follow-up by Crédit Agricole CIB Our teams of experts in international trade assist you in the implementation and use of OPTIM Trade system, and can even help you customize it to fi t your own organizational specifi cities. We make sure operators in your fi rm are given the right training to use OPTIM Trade effi ciently.

4 A module for each type of trade finance transaction : Whether your company has an importing/exporting profi le, and depending on the type of operations you wish to process, Crédit Agricole CIB has devised a specifi c module for each type of transaction : Documentary credit Documentary collection Bank guarantee Exporting profi le Importing profi le Posting of information is done by Crédit Agricole CIB on a real time basis, relative to documentary credits received in your favor - specifi cally notifi cations, amendments and information regarding utilizations. OPTIM Trade allows you to input and send your documentary credit openings and amendment requests, receive online feedback, discrepancy and payment advices. You can send documentary collection mandates via OPTIM Trade, using provided templates. You have two options : instruction for a regular collection or sending of a direct collection. With import documentary collection module, Crédit Agricole CIB posts online notifi cations of commercial documents remitted on your behalf. You can reply to the bank and give your instructions via our portal. You want to secure transactions with your trade partners : Domestic and crossborder guarantee requests can be submitted through OPTIM Trade portal. The capture of guarantee details can be simplifi ed by duplicating an existing transaction or using a library of acts. Trade Message Center OPTIM Trade portal provides online information regarding status and detail of transactions. Messages : Thanks to OPTIM Trade portal, you can access very easily to all transactional messages sent by the bank, for each type of trade product. Pending transactions : OPTIM Trade «Pending transactions» feature provides you with an overview of in-process transactions. OPTIM Trade portal: the easy and fast way of securing your trade operations while benefiting from our high expertise in trade finance : Crédit Agricole CIB is a recognized specialist in international trade fi nance with 140 professionals based in 40 countries, and provides its clients with outstanding service and assistance from the expression of your need to the follow-up of your solution. Requests on transactions : Access to a history of transactions processed by the bank thanks to OPTIM Trade «Inquiry» function.

5 You wish to make exchanges with your main suppliers easier in order to improve your supply chain effi ciency? Our OPTIM Open Account solution automates exchanges between you and your strategic suppliers, from the purchase order form to the delivery documents. This complete electronic service allows you to optimize data treatment and communication with your main suppliers. Automation & security of exchanges Exchange of scanned commercial documents Commercial opportunities Treasury management Automation and securing of exchanges with your suppliers OPTIM Open Account allows you to manage the global workfl ow from the sending of your purchase order up to the acceptation of the invoice presented by your supplier, on an automated and secure basis. Enhanced treasury management OPTIM Open Account structures and automates exchanges with your suppliers for a better anticipation of exchanges/transactions and therefore a better treasury management for both of you. Access to OPTIM Suppliers, our supplier payment solution (VCOM) Lighter administration The exchange of scanned commercial documents lightens administration and frees time for more strategic issues. OPTIM Open Account also considerably enhances communication with your main suppliers by making exchanges more secure and faster. Commercial opportunities Our OPTIM Open Account solution offers you commercial advantages as our supplier payment solution (VCOM) gives you the possibility to propose anticipated payments with a discount to your suppliers. At a time when trade relations are becoming more and more strategic, this solution can provide you with a considerable improvement in your supplier relationships and trade negotiations. Thanks to an interface with OPTIM Suppliers, you are able to reach Crédit Agricole CIB very conveniently to transmit us payment requests.

6 You wish to secure and make transactions with your suppliers easier in order to improve your supply chain effi ciency? Crédit Agricole CIB s supplier payment solution (VCOM) replaces all other supplier payment instruments for easier and safer transactions with your suppliers. This payment, whose execution is deferred, offers you the possibility to propose anticipated payments to your suppliers, and allows you to build enhanced relationships with them as well as benefi t from better trade conditions. OPTIM Suppliers addresses companies located in France, dealing with French and/or foreign suppliers. Security Lighter administration Commercial opportunities A unique payment instrument Treasury management A unique and secure way of paying your suppliers Supplier transfers (VCOM) are electronic and highly secure, contrary to paper-based payments and aim at replacing all other supplier payment instruments for more convenience for you. They make processes easier and faster thanks to the combination of commercial and fi nancial data in one unique fl ow. Enhanced treasury management Crédit Agricole CIB s supplier payment solution (VCOM) structures transactions with your domestic and international suppliers by automating processes, and results in payments on settlement dates for you and your suppliers so that both of you are able to anticipate payments and better manage your treasury. Lighter administration Our supplier payment solution (VCOM) allows you to outsource supplier information: Crédit Agricole CIB takes care of notifying your suppliers of your payments, sparing you time and costs. The accounting reconciliation is also easier thanks to the combination of commercial and fi nancial data in one fl ow. Commercial opportunities Our supplier payment solution (VCOM) offers you commercial advantages as you have the possibility to propose anticipated payments with a discount to your suppliers. At a time when trade relations are becoming more and more strategic, this solution can provide you with a considerable improvement in your supplier relationships and trade negotiations.