Loop understands how our business operates. Payments, conversions, and support all feel easier now, which makes a real difference when you are running a global supply chain.
Stefan
Co-founder and Purchasing Lead
24h
Time to get onboarded and credit approved
3%
Savings on USD card spend
Loop understands how our business operates. Payments, conversions, and support all feel easier now, which makes a real difference when you are running a global supply chain.
Ecommerce operators know the truth. Your supply chain only moves as fast as your money does. For VAE Distributions, a Canadian Amazon operator specializing in high-velocity name-brand consumer goods sourced worldwide, the bottleneck was never suppliers or demand. It was banking.
Traditional banks were not built for the realities of cross-border ecommerce. Loop was. And that shift changed how co-founder and purchasing lead Stefan manages their global purchasing engine.
VAE Distributions sources name-brand consumer goods, especially Korean beauty products, through wholesalers and distributors across Korea and North America. The business relies on trusted supplier relationships, consistent purchasing, and the ability to move money across currencies without friction.
Stefan, Co-founder and Purchasing Lead, had the fundamentals in place. He had experience, working capital, and a steady Amazon operation running. What he did not have was a banking partner that understood how an ecommerce distributor actually works.
Despite real revenue and proven operations, traditional banks were not set up to fully understand or support a business like VAE. Their systems were built for a different type of customer, which meant they could not provide the kind of backing a modern cross-border ecommerce company needs.
Anyone running cross-border ecommerce will recognize these problems immediately.
Currency friction: Many suppliers prefer USD, but managing USD from a Canadian banking stack is slow and fee-heavy. Each conversion or wire creates unnecessary drag.
No credit recognition: Strong Amazon revenue and operational performance do not translate into meaningful credit with traditional banks.
Constant fees: Transfers, conversions, wires. Everything adds cost and unpredictability.
Fragmented tools: Paying suppliers, paying overseas staff, handling FX, and managing cards often requires stitching together multiple systems.
The result feels familiar. You are running an international supply chain, but your financial stack operates like you are local.
When VAE joined Loop in May 2023, the difference was immediate. Not through theory. Through tools that matched the way the business actually runs.
Loop enables VAE to pay suppliers in the currency they prefer, make USD purchases without messy workarounds, spend across multiple currencies on one card, and handle conversions inside a single platform.
For a fast-moving distributor, this replaced the scramble with structure.
Stefan returns to the same point often. Loop support shows up. Real responses. Clear guidance. Solutions that work.
In ecommerce, timing is everything, and support needs to keep up with that rhythm.
Instead of endless per-transaction fees, VAE shifted to a simple monthly cost. No surprises. No second-guessing. No “what will this cost me today.”
Predictability matters when margins move fast.
Loop provided VAE with access to working capital in a way traditional banks could not. Because Loop better understands how ecommerce distributors operate, Stefan could move on opportunities without waiting on outdated underwriting processes.
Suppliers in Korea. Staff overseas. USD obligations. CAD inflows. Everything now runs inside a single system. That operational relief compounds every week.
Loop now supports most of VAE’s cross-border payments, reducing the number of tools involved and making supplier transactions easier to manage. With fewer steps, fewer fees, and less manual work, the purchasing workflow feels smoother day to day.
Stefan can spend more time sourcing inventory and less time dealing with administrative friction. That shift matters in an industry where speed and timing determine who gets the best deals.
Operators only recommend tools that genuinely make their work easier, and this setup has become a meaningful part of how VAE manages its global purchasing workflow.
VAE’s experience reflects a broader shift happening across Canadian ecommerce. Global sellers do not fit neatly into old banking boxes. They need systems designed around speed, flexibility, and international purchasing.
Co-founders like Stefan do not just need accounts or cards. They need partners who understand inventory cycles, supplier pressure, FX timing, and the real costs of being slow.
Loop meets ecommerce operators where they actually are. And VAE’s journey is proof of how much that matters.
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VAE chose Loop for a smoother, more reliable way to handle the payments and currencies powering their global supply chain.
