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# Intelligence: Security Equipment

## Pain Points

- Rapid technology evolution

- Certification and compliance

- Project-based ordering

- Integration complexity

## Solutions (Unicorn Currencies)

- Project payment scheduling

- CNY for hardware

- Fast payments for urgent security needs

- Multi-currency integration

## Payment Profile

- **Timing:** Project milestones: deposit, delivery, installation, commissioning. Software: annual licenses.

- **Settlement priority:** HIGH: Security installations often urgent. Fast payment for priority dispatch.

- **Invoice terms:** Milestone payments (projects), Net 30 (components), annual (software licenses).

- **FX risk:** MODERATE: CNY (hardware), EUR (European), USD (software licenses). Project timing allows planning.

- **Cash flow:** Project-driven. Q4 budget flush. Maintenance contracts provide recurring revenue. Upgrade cycles 3-5 years.

## Common Documentation

- CE/UKCA Certificate

- GDPR Compliance

- NSI Standards Compliance

- Installation Certificate

- System Specification

## Global Network (Top Corridors)

- GBP → CNY: China — Chinese CCTV and security hardware

- GBP → TWD: Taiwan — Taiwanese surveillance technology

- GBP → USD: USA — American security systems

- GBP → EUR: Germany, Sweden — European access control