Industry first electronic back-to-back letter of credit undertaken using Bolero
by Kylene Casanova
Is this the beginning of electronic trade reaching a tipping point?
Trade Finance
Background
Trade finance helps to make international supply chains work smoothly and efficiently. Finance costs in the supply chain can be material. As a general principle, supply chains are most efficient when…
Read moreMcKinsey: flows in digital age have created tightly interconnected global economy
by Kylene Casanova
Connectedness and digitization are transforming and enriching all flows, global flows are broadening and deepening as emerging economies join in, and opening up opportunities for all
Crossflow Payments: First integrated EDI and Supply Chain Finance platform
by Kylene Casanova
New paradigm for supply chain finance: Free cloud-based-EDI combined with peer-to-peer lending platform
Is electronic trade reaching a tipping point? Will eBLs ever dominate?
by Kylene Casanova
Probably as improved speed and efficiency combined with reduced fraud is accelerating their use
BP completes first automated multi-bank BPO
by Kylene Casanova
Establishes new ground for BPOs as Europe-centred Bank Payment Obligation is first multi-bank match
Is e-invoicing dead? NO, but remember it is only first step in SC automation
by Kylene Casanova
Implementing an e-invoicing programme on its own is DEAD. Now essential to focus on bigger savings from combining e-invoicing with Dynamic Discounting, etc
Tungsten (OB10) processes first discounted invoices over the Tungsten Network
by Kylene Casanova
New P2P business model opening up as Tungsten integrate its financing and analytics capabilities with e-Invoicing n/w & establishing new sources of financing for invoice discounting
Regulations force banks to distribute trade assets to global investors
by Kylene Casanova
BofA Merrill GTS pioneers trade risk distribution dialogue in Asia Pacific
Market adoption of Bank Payment Obligation ‘grows steadily’
by Kylene Casanova
SWIFT and ICC keep pushing the BPO as a technology neutral and industry owned instrument
Global e-invoicing and purchase-to-pay adoption momentum is building
by Kylene Casanova
Are you ready to take advantage of the massive improvements in efficiency and support all suppliers?
Supply Chain Finance is not necessarily best way to help fund your suppliers
by Kylene Casanova
New SocGen SCF platform supporting SMEs v. Dynamic Discounting services
Supply Chain on SWIFT - important progress made in 2013
by Kylene Casanova
In 2014 SWIFT have high hopes for industry specific initiatives for corporates
Market adoption of Bank Payment Obligations
by Kylene Casanova
BPO adoption seems to be gathering momentum
C2FO’s unique dynamic discounting platform has 200k+ companies in 22 countries
by Kylene Casanova
Early cash flow delivered through C2FO Market - $1bn in 3Q 2013. Threat to SCF programmes?
The myths and facts in supply chain finance solutions
by Kylene Casanova
According to PrimeRevenue
Bank Payment Obligation is beginning to prove its worth
by Kylene Casanova
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi arrangement of BPO settlement for Vale and MSM really works
Kyriba and CGI to deliver seamless cloud-based Trade Finance services
by Kylene Casanova
Integration of best-of-breed solutions is the future of TMS
Opening up access to funding for your suppliers is becoming essential & a differentiator
by Kylene Casanova
Now PayPal to give small businesses access to funds
BofA Merrill Adds to China Trade Services
by Kylene Casanova
major solution developments in its China trade and supply chain finance product suite
Unlocking the SME funding market and the power of spend analytics
by Kylene Casanova
Tungsten Corporation unveils the conditional acquisition of OB10
Working Capital Management and Financing opportunities in the supply chain
by Kylene Casanova
Neatly describing the involvement of working capital in the supply chain is not easy, one of the simplest and most elegant ways to do this is shown in Eugenio Cavenaghi's (Director Trade and Working Capital Europe a
SCF programme funding: How possible is it to use a combination of your cash and the bank‘s cash?
by Kylene Casanova
The main reason for setting up a supply chain finance programme is to support your suppliers in your supply chain and to improve working capital performance by extending the DPO. But what if,
Receivables financing - ZTE’s global strategy
by Kylene Casanova
ZTE is the fifth largest telecom supplier world-wide with about 50% of their sales outside of China, so export financing is a vital part of their business model. In an article by Dan Bland in The
Supply Chain Finance: the critical details for getting a SCF programme through your auditors
by Kylene Casanova
Demica's SVP Avarina Miller in London has worked on many SCF implementations; her tips for a successful SCF programme are: