You are a small winery in California that just landed an order from a distributor in Japan. You are thrilled—until you realize you have no idea whether you will actually get paid, and the buyer is equally nervous about sending money to a company on the other side of the world before the wine ships. This chapter shows you how businesses solve that trust problem, from simple cash-in-advance to bank-backed promises and government insurance, so that goods and money can cross borders safely.