Local expertise on the ground in South Africa

At Coface, we’ve been managing trade credit risk for more than 75 years to support the growth of companies. 

In South Africa, our local experts give our clients the confidence they need to navigate in uncertain and volatile environment, by offering a full range of solutions: Trade Credit Insurance, Business Information and Debt Collection.

Every day, we leverage our unique expertise and cutting-edge technology to make trade happen, in both domestic and export markets
 

Reasons to choose Coface

Coface's esteemed historical expertise, recognised by numerous clients, combined with international proficiency and an unparalleled database, solidifies its position as a global leader in risk management.

  • +75years of experience
  • 100kclient companies
  • ~200markets where we operate
  • 195mcompanies listed in our database

Our B-BBEE Certification

Coface South Africa is happy to announce that we've achieved Level 2 B-BBEE Contributor status. This achievement strengthens our ability to provide extra benefits to our business partners, helping them maintain their own B-BBEE scorecard. B-BBEE is a crucial part of our strategy, and we understand how our new status can help address inequality, boost economic growth, and improve the lives of South Africans.

We fully grasp the significance and advantages of B-BBEE. We integrate key principles like skills development, procurement, and CSI across various aspects of our business. We're committed to enhancing our rating even further in the future.

View our B-BBEE Certificate

Our innovative solutions

Risk Management tool

CofaNet Essentials is your secure online platform for managing your credit insurance policy effortlessly.

 

Monitor your customer portfolio, manage your guarantees, declare your claims and check the indemnification of your unpaid invoices.

Coface API portal

We provide web data exchange solutions (API) tailored to your company’s needs so you can manage your Coface credit insurance contract within your own tools.

 

Whether you opt for a simple technical solution or all-inclusive integration, you can connect your company directly to the information provided by Coface allowing you to focus on key risks securely and reliably.

 

Explore Coface API catalogue: integrated solutions for Trade Credit Insurance and business information.

CofaMove

Your business moves fast – and sometimes your life moves even faster! 

 

This is why we've created CofaMove: the Coface app for swift credit risk management when you’re on the-go.

 • Identify buyers,
 • Request credit limits,
 • Order information services & reports
 • Track the status of claims & indemnities

 

CofaMove is available on the AppStore and Google Play

A global leading player in Trade Credit Insurance

  • Our core business for over 75 years
  • Protect your company against customer insolvency, late payments and political risks, allowing you to grant payment periods to your customers with confidence.
  • Grow your business: optimize your cash flow and safeguard your balance sheets, so you can reassure your financial partners, and easier access to financing.
  • Face up economic uncertainties: Coface indemnifies your guaranteed receivables regardless of how the recovery process turns out.
  • Cover your commercial and political risks for complex and one-off operations with our Single Risk solution.

Business Information: bring confidence to every decision

  • Exclusive insights to trade smarter
  • We help you find reliable business partners, monitor their financial health and spot weak signals. From Big Data to smart data: gain exclusive insights to make better, more informed decisions at every level.
  • High-value data enriched by human expertise
  • As global in trade credit insurance, we can generate exclusive and valuable information, enhanced by our +400 risk experts. You benefit from descriptive data to understand of a company’s situation, (scores, financial information, company links), prescriptive insights (credit recommendations) to mitigate risk exposure and predictive solutions to forecast companies’ creditworthiness (models, algorithms).
  • A powerful decision-making solution
  • Best-in-class data, advanced analytics, predictive scoring, models, algorithms: we combine our global expertise and unique data with cutting-edge technology (AI, Data science) to help you steer your bustiness development. Limit risks and open up new growth opportunities!
  • BI services: Anytime, anywhere with ease
  • Access risk analyses and key indicators 24/7 with URBA360, an intuitive digital platform which offers seamless API integration.

Debt Collection: Limit your losses with our solution

Coface International Debt Collection specialises in effective and efficient, stress-free debt recovery:

  • Coface provides a fast and efficient debt collection service whether you are insured or not.
  • Our +300 experts collect your unpaid invoices across the world, acting within the local jurisdiction and with our ~200 international partners, so you can safeguard your relationship with your business partners.

Why opt for Coface risk management?

Our mission: to support companies in their development by protecting them against the risks of non-payment which should not be underestimated.

  • 80%of companies suffer from overdue payments.
  • 1 in 4companies going out of business is due to non-payment by customers
  • 12k12K credit decisions credit decisions taken by Coface every day

Access our economic intelligence

Coface boasts recognized expertise in the field of economic research. Every day, in collaboration with our risks and business experts, our economists around the world analyse the dynamics of the global economy.

We offer our clients solid insights through publications and economic studies to help them better assess risks and make the right decisions at the right time: Macro-economic analyses, Country risk assessments, Sectorial assessments, Thematic reports…

Browse our economic publications