Confirm the payment state
Do not send again on a screenshot alone. Confirm whether the payment is still in transit, held by an intermediary, rejected, or waiting at the beneficiary bank.
For beauty & cosmetics import, a slow cross-border payment is not just a banking issue. It can stop goods, strain supplier trust, and create avoidable port or production pressure.
Beauty & Cosmetics Import usually runs on tight timing: Net 30-45 for established brands. T/T advance for K-beauty (fast trend response). COD for samples.. When the payment is delayed, the priority is to prove the payment state, separate bank delay from documentation delay, and decide who can move the case next.
Industry overviewDo not send again on a screenshot alone. Confirm whether the payment is still in transit, held by an intermediary, rejected, or waiting at the beneficiary bank.
Use the invoice, beneficiary name, amount, currency, and shipment reference together. For this industry, banks often expect CPNP Notification and Product Information File to line up cleanly.
Give the supplier a bank-usable reference and a clear next update time. That keeps pressure off operations while treasury works the trace.
Pre-check beneficiary details and payment purpose before release, especially on GBP/KRW and GBP/EUR corridors.