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Cobase for Logistics
and Supply Chain

Cobase gives logistics and supply chain companies one centralized platform to manage bank connectivity, cash visibility and payments across legal entities, countries, currencies and international banking relationships.

By bringing bank accounts, balances, transactions and payment processes together, finance and treasury teams can reduce reliance on separate bank portals, improve control over liquidity and standardize financial processes across complex operational networks.

Whether your organization operates in freight forwarding, transportation, warehousing, contract logistics or international supply chain management, Cobase provides the visibility and connectivity needed to manage high payment volumes, narrow margins and rapidly changing cash requirements.

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Cash visibility

Gain a complete view of cash across your global network

Logistics and supply chain groups frequently operate through multiple legal entities, branches, warehouses and regional businesses.

Each entity may maintain its own bank accounts, currencies and local banking relationships. Customer receipts, carrier payments and operational expenses can be distributed across countries and accounts, making it difficult to determine the organization’s complete liquidity position.

Cobase consolidates banking information across entities, banks, countries and currencies, providing finance and treasury teams with one consistent view of cash across the organization.

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Group-wide cash visibility

 Consolidate balances and transaction information from multiple banks into one platform. Central finance and treasury teams can monitor liquidity across transport operations, warehouses, regional entities and holding companies without switching between bank portals. 

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Entity, brand and market reporting

Organize bank accounts and cash positions by legal entity, country, region, operational division or business unit.

This makes it easier to understand where cash is available and which parts of the organization may require additional funding.

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Multi-currency oversight

Monitor balances and transactions across the currencies used for freight charges, carrier payments, fuel, customs, payroll and international customer receipts.

Centralized visibility gives finance teams a clearer understanding of foreign-currency cash positions and upcoming liquidity requirements.

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Automated bank reporting

Automatically collect bank statements, balances and transaction information from connected banks.

This reduces manual downloads and spreadsheet consolidation while giving finance teams access to more timely banking data.

Collections and payment control

Standardize high-volume payments across your supply chain

Logistics companies process large volumes of time-sensitive payments to carriers, shipping lines, airlines, customs authorities, fuel providers, employees, suppliers and subcontractors.

Payment files may originate from transport-management systems, ERP platforms, payroll applications and local finance teams. When each entity, system or bank follows a separate process, maintaining consistent controls and meeting operational payment deadlines becomes increasingly difficult.

Cobase centralizes payment initiation, approval and transmission through one standardized and secure banking infrastructure.

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High-volume payment processing

Process large carrier, freight, customs, fuel, payroll, tax and supplier payment batches across entities, accounts and countries.

Payment files can be generated in ERP, accounting or transport-management systems and securely transferred to Cobase for validation, approval and transmission to the relevant banks.

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Centralized payment monitoring

Monitor payment files from receipt and validation through approval, bank transmission, acceptance or rejection.

Centralized statuses help finance teams identify failed files and rejected transactions without checking multiple bank portals or disconnected system logs.

 

 

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Secure payment approvals

Configure approval workflows based on legal entity, bank account, payment type, amount or user responsibility.

Role-based access and clearly separated responsibilities help maintain consistent payment controls across central, regional and local finance teams.

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Complete control and auditability

Maintain one central record of payment files, user actions, approvals and processing statuses.

This supports internal control, audit requirements and the investigation of individual transactions across the organization.

Working-capital management

Manage the timing gap between customers and suppliers

Logistics and supply chain companies often pay carriers, subcontractors, customs authorities and operational suppliers before receiving payment from their customers.

This timing gap can create significant working-capital requirements, particularly in a high-volume business with narrow margins. Seasonal demand, fuel-price movements, shipment delays and changing customer payment terms can create additional liquidity pressure.

Cobase brings actual banking information together with treasury processes, helping finance teams understand available cash, anticipate funding requirements and allocate liquidity more effectively.

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Scalable financial infrastructure

Support acquisitions, new markets and systems transformation

Logistics groups regularly expand into new countries, establish local entities, open distribution facilities and acquire specialist transport or supply chain businesses.

Each change may introduce new bank accounts, currencies, systems and banking relationships. Managing these developments through separate bank portals and point-to-point connections creates additional implementation work, inconsistent controls and long-term maintenance.

Cobase provides a scalable banking infrastructure that allows logistics companies to add entities, accounts and banking partners within one standardized and controlled environment.

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Faster entity and market onboarding

Add newly established companies, branches, operational locations, bank accounts and users to the existing platform.

This allows new operations to follow consistent banking, reporting and payment processes from the start.

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Simplified bank connectivity

Connect multiple local and international banks through one centralized platform instead of developing and maintaining a separate connection for each banking partner.

Cobase manages bank-specific formats, protocols and communication channels behind the scenes.

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Support for acquisitions

Integrate acquired logistics businesses, entities and banking relationships into one centralized environment.

This gives central finance teams earlier visibility and control, even while the acquired business continues to use its existing ERP, transport-management and accounting systems.

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Support for systems transformation

Maintain standardized bank connectivity during ERP migrations, transport-management system replacements and finance-system consolidation programmes.

A centralized connectivity layer reduces the impact of backend system changes on individual banking relationships and supports a more maintainable financial architecture.

Frequently asked questions

Can Cobase support logistics groups with many legal entities?

Yes. Cobase can support organizations with multiple operating companies, branches, warehouses, holding entities and regional subsidiaries.

Accounts, balances, transactions and user access can be organized by legal entity, country, region or business unit.

Can Cobase process high volumes of carrier and supplier payments?

Yes. Cobase provides a centralized banking infrastructure for processing large payment batches across multiple entities, accounts and countries.

Payment files can be generated in ERP, accounting or transport-management systems and securely transferred to Cobase for validation, approval, transmission and centralized status monitoring.

Can we connect banks across multiple countries?

Yes. Cobase supports connectivity with banks in different countries through methods including APIs, host-to-host connections, SFTP, EBICS and SWIFT, depending on the capabilities and requirements of each bank.

This allows international logistics groups to centralize banking information while local entities continue to use regional banking partners.

Can Cobase integrate with our ERP and transport-management systems?

Yes. Payment files can be received from ERP, accounting and transport-management systems through standardized and secure interfaces.

Cobase can also deliver bank statements, transactions and payment statuses back to the relevant financial environments.

Does Cobase replace our ERP or transport-management system?

No. Cobase complements your existing ERP, accounting and transport-management systems.

These systems can remain the primary environments for operational administration, invoicing, accounting and payment preparation, while Cobase provides centralized bank connectivity, payment workflows and banking information.

Can Cobase support multiple financial systems?

Yes. Cobase can receive payment files from multiple internal systems and deliver bank statements, transactions and statuses back to the relevant environments.

This is particularly valuable for logistics groups where different countries, divisions or acquired businesses use different technology platforms.

Can local finance teams continue to manage their own entities?

Yes. Role-based access allows local teams to work with designated entities, accounts and payment processes, while central treasury maintains broader group-level visibility and control. 

Can Cobase help us manage working-capital requirements?

Yes. Cobase centralizes actual bank balances and transactions, which can be combined with expected customer receipts and operational payments in liquidity forecasts.

This helps finance teams understand the funding gap between incoming customer payments and outgoing carrier, supplier and operational obligations.

Can Cobase help when we acquire another logistics company?

Yes. The acquired company’s legal entities, bank accounts, users and payment processes can be added to the existing Cobase environment.

This gives central finance teams visibility over the acquired banking landscape while the wider integration of ERP, transport-management and operational systems is still underway.

Can Cobase provide intraday banking information?

Cobase can collect intraday balances and transaction information where these services are provided by the connected bank.

The availability and frequency of intraday information depend on the bank, account and connectivity method.

Interested?

Manage all your bank accounts centrally with Cobase

Simplify your cash management and save valuable time. One platform, complete control over all your financial flows.
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