- Shikaripuri Shroffs and Nattu Kottai Chettiar were among the many group of bankers and traders who financed export agriculture in Central and South-East Asia, using their own funds or the borrowed money from European banks.
- They had a sophisticated system to transfer money over large distances and even developed their own corporate organisation.
- Hyderabadi Sindi traders however, ventured beyond European colonies.
- They had established emporia at busy ports worldwide, selling local and imported artifacts to tourists