CT spoke with supply chain finance veteran Christian Hausherr of Deutsche Bank about reverse factoring and the lessons learned since Carillion and Abengoa
Moody’s takes a look at how reverse factoring contributed to the defaults of three European companies, and suggests steps companies can take to insulate themselves from liquidity risk
Corporates operating in Asia with an SAP Ariba licence can get supply chain financing from Standard Chartered. Integrating SAP Ariba with ERP systems remains tricky, however.
If Twitter found that a 140-character limit was not enough, why are payment messages still confined to that number? Deutsche Bank thinks it’s time to use the 15-year old ISO20022 message format, but the road to ...
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No … it’s a whole new way of looking at supply chain finance. Comic book legend Stan Lee has passed away and many corporate treasurers will be hoping their supply chain woes will too
With 60 banks now part of the Swift global payments initiative (gpi) network carrying out payments worth $100 billion a day, real-time cross-border funds transfer with full traceability is on the horizon
When it comes to the arcane and complex task of drawing up a contract people traditionally turn to a lawyer. Can technology really cut out the middle man?
In distress situations, companies often seek creative ways to stretch their liquidity – and structured payables are gaining popularity. But be careful, these programmes can quickly turn your payables into debt.