Know who you're trading with — before you ship.
ITG's Buyer Validation Service helps exporters, funders, and supply-chain partners verify the credibility, payment behavior, and transactional legitimacy of overseas buyers before financing or shipment.
The service combines counterparty checks, trade-data review, document validation, and risk monitoring to support faster, more confident trade decisions in cross-border markets.
What the service does
ITG's Buyer Validation Service is a trade-finance intelligence and due-diligence solution designed to help clients assess overseas buyers before extending credit, shipping goods, or seeking finance support. It is particularly valuable in cross-border trade where buyer opacity, delayed payment, and fraud risk can weaken commercial decisions.
What we validate
Each engagement draws on internal trade data and external verification sources to assess the buyer across the dimensions that matter for credit and shipment decisions.
How the review works
- 01Submit
Client submits buyer details and any available supporting documents.
- 02Review
ITG reviews trade, identity, and risk signals associated with the buyer.
- 03Assess
We assess the buyer using internal trade data and external verification sources.
- 04Deliver
A validation outcome is delivered, aligned to the selected package.
Where relevant, the output may support financing, onboarding, pricing, and ongoing transaction monitoring decisions.
ITG's Buyer Validation Service is not a standalone check. It is embedded in a broader AI-powered factoring and trade-finance platform, allowing validation outputs to support financing decisions, pricing, onboarding, and transaction monitoring.
Clients also benefit from ITG's Asia market knowledge, multilingual execution, and real-time trade-data integration.
Who this is for
Why it matters in cross-border trade
In practical terms, the service gives clients a faster and more commercially useful view of buyer risk than traditional manual due diligence. This is especially important in markets where local context matters, transparency is limited, and speed is critical.
Using validation for factoring
Buyer Validation may be used either for the client's own reference or as part of a potential factoring request with ITG. If the client wishes ITG to consider factoring against that buyer, Comprehensive Due Diligence is mandatory for that buyer.
Choose a package
| Feature | Standard Validationfrom $400 | Comprehensive Due Diligencefrom $1,000 Required for factoring review |
|---|---|---|
Business identity & registry check | ||
Sanctions & adverse media screening | ||
Ownership & corporate structure | Reviewed | In-depth |
Credit signals & payment behavior | ||
Trade references & transaction history | ||
Structured risk score | ||
Financial statement review | — | |
On-the-ground / local verification | — | |
Contact person authenticity verification | — | |
Trade document plausibility | Standard | Enhanced |
Can be considered for ITG factoring | — | |
Typical turnaround | 3–5 business days | 7–10 business days |
See what a report looks like
Preview an illustrative sample report for each tier. Real reports use your buyer's data and ITG's verification sources.