OatFi Partners With Freightos to Deliver Flexible Payment Terms for Freight Forwarders

December 4, 2025

Based on recent public announcements by Freightos, OatFi is excited to highlight its partnership with Freightos and Transcard to bring a new point-of-booking payment solution that enables instant approvals and flexible payment terms, all embedded directly into the world’s leading air cargo booking platform.

The freight forwarding industry has long struggled with cash flow constraints, which particularly impact freight forwarders. These businesses often face a cash flow gap—paying carriers upfront while only receiving payments from customers 30–90 days after delivery. The new payment solution closes this gap by offering flexible payment terms at the point of booking, allowing forwarders to grow their businesses with simple, seamless, and affordable options while avoiding expensive accreditations or guarantees that limit cash flow.

This point-of-booking payment solution is supported by OatFi’s API-first infrastructure, which helps offer forwarders competitive, flexible payment terms while automating the end-to-end booking workflow on WebCargo. The result is a fully integrated, automated payment experience embedded directly within the booking process, offering adaptable due dates and effortless access to liquidity when and where forwarders need it most.

“Forwarders need payment flexibility that matches the pace of global freight,” said Mike Barbosa, CEO at OatFi. “OatFi’s underwriting, reconciliation, and capital markets infrastructure embeds directly into Freightos’ WebCargo platform, enabling forwarders and carriers to transact on the terms that work best for them. Together with Visa and Transcard, we’re delivering a fully embedded, scalable payment experience that helps forwarders manage cash flow while ensuring carriers are paid on time.”

Freightos noted that liquidity challenges significantly impact freight forwarders and highlighted that embedded payment terms adjustment at booking meaningfully improves cash flow.

Groove Global Logistics, an early beta user of the new payment solution, noted that quick onboarding and instant approval for its account streamlined their operations, strengthened supplier payments, and opened up additional growth opportunities.

Together, these capabilities create a fully integrated, automated payment experience embedded directly in the booking process, offering adaptable due dates and effortless access to flexible payment terms when and where forwarders need it. This unified liquidity solution combines booking and payment in a single platform, eliminating reconciliation headaches and giving forwarders complete visibility throughout the transaction lifecycle.

Key Benefits

• Book directly with major airlines without pre-established accounts or IATA accreditation
  
  
• Access flexible payment terms through a simple application process
  
  
• Maintain full transparency on all costs with no hidden fees
  
  
• Reconcile payments instantly through the integrated platform
  
  
• Align payment terms with specific business needs, streamlining cash flow and unlocking growth

This payment solution will launch first in the United States and later expand to the United Kingdom and additional markets. The solution currently provides access to leading airlines including Qatar Airways, IAG, Emirates, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Qantas, Thai Airways, Coyne Airways, Pacific Air Cargo, and Hainan Airlines, with more carriers to be added.

About OatFi
OatFi is building the modern credit network for B2B payments. With deep API integrations across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Commercial Charge Card platforms, OatFi embeds directly into the workflows where businesses already pay and get paid. Backed by White Star Capital, QED, and Portage, OatFi is advancing its mission to modernize the $35 trillion U.S. B2B payments landscape.

This post summarizes publicly available information regarding Freightos’ recently announced embedded payments initiative. All statements regarding program structure are OatFi’s interpretation and not official partner communications.

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