FX Rate Locking
See a rate that works? Lock it now, settle later. Your margins stay protected even when markets move.
Smart FX brings every tool your business needs for international payments into a single place no treasury team, no spreadsheets, no guesswork.
See a rate that works? Lock it now, settle later. Your margins stay protected even when markets move.
One operation for every payment. Supplier invoices, payroll across 150+ countries processed in a single step.
Hold balances in multiple currencies and convert only when you choose not every time money moves.
Same-day or scheduled in advance. You decide the timing not your bank, not the system.
Real-time market pricing, always current. No stale quotes, no spreadsheets to refresh manually.
Connect your ERP or finance stack and run FX operations entirely inside your existing workflow.
Always on, any time zone. Because currency markets don't close at the end of the day.
Register online with your business details. Our KYB verification process is digital, fast, and designed to minimise friction without compromising compliance.
Set up your multi-currency wallet. Add the currency pairs relevant to your business whether that's USD, EUR, GBP, AED, JPY, or dozens of others.
Monitor live exchange rates and convert funds instantly, or lock in a rate to protect against market swings before you're ready to settle.
Pay suppliers, receive funds from international customers, and settle in the currency of your choice all from one dashboard or directly via API.
Opening an FX account with a traditional bank takes weeks. Smart FX has you up and running in days.
| Feature | EFICYENT Smart FX | Traditional Bank |
|---|---|---|
| Rate visibility | You see it before you commit | Often shown after the fact |
| Fees | Quoted upfront, no surprises | SWIFT, lifting, and correspondent charges vary |
| Getting started | Days, fully online | Weeks, usually paper-based |
| API access | Full REST API, sandbox included | Rare for anything below enterprise tier |
| Bulk payments | One operation | Manual, or a premium add-on |
| Hours | Always on | Monday to Friday, mostly |
| Settlement timing | You choose | Usually T+2, fixed |
| Locking a rate | Self-serve | Book it through your account manager |
Whether your FX needs are predictable or complex, Smart FX was designed around how real businesses actually work.
Today, you sign a purchase order and pay 60 days later. So many things happen to a rate in 60 days. When you sign, lock it in and stop looking at the markets every day.
Each month, you need to pay your team in Germany, the Philippines, or anywhere in the world on time in their own currency. Bulk conversion automatically takes care of that without the need for you to actually touch each payment.
Online platforms with international seller networks can pay out in local currencies at scale. Reduce payout friction, improve seller satisfaction, and keep reconciliation clean without building custom payment infrastructure.
Universities, training providers, and EdTech platforms collecting tuition or course fees in multiple currencies can consolidate collection, convert efficiently, and reconcile with ease without building a payment operations team.
Security and compliance aren't optional extras in financial services. Here's how Smart FX protects your business.
TLS 1.3 in transit. AES-256 at rest. The same standards the rest of the serious financial industry runs on not a tier below it.
Client funds in segregated accounts, completely separate from EFICYENT's own operations. What's yours stays yours. It's not a liability we're carrying on our balance sheet.
Continuous transaction monitoring flags anomalies in real time. Automated controls and manual review processes work together to catch suspicious activity before it becomes a problem.
KYB, beneficial ownership, AML these weren't added after the platform was built. They were built into it. Every business on Smart FX goes through verification before they touch a single payment.
Smart FX is built on cloud infrastructure with redundancy, uptime SLAs, and regular independent security audits. Your operations shouldn't have to stop because of a platform outage.
Your developers get full programmatic access to rates, conversions, and payment execution through our REST API. Smart FX can behave like a native feature of your own platform not an integration.
Most businesses have learned to expect the worst from international payments hidden fees, unpredictable rates, and settlements that land differently than planned. Smart FX was built to change that expectation.
You get the rate upfront. You lock it when it works for you. You move money on your terms not the bank's.
Handle global transfers, multi-currency accounts and seamless transactions without switching and any friction.