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In the world of international trade, the process of exchanging payments, information and documents between buyers, sellers, banks, and other involved parties is becoming increasingly important for financial institutions. This community aims at presenting views and innovative ideas related to this financial supply chain space.
In 2013 banks will concentrate on producing results after the period of evaluation and investments in areas like SCF, Regulatory compliance, SEPA, integration of cash and trade. Banks will work to emp...
Although advances have been made in global trade operational efficiencies, supply chain extensions across the world have led to increased financial impact for corporations, ultimately driving the bank...
To build an estimate of this market I am using the below assumptions. I will limit so far the exposure for Europe to collect you suggestions/comments. I have similar data also for the other regions (i...
The SCF market is still evolving - it is a competitive business and business undertaken is covered by customer/bank confidentiality and therefore sources of information are constrained and not widely...
This very short blog post is to share with you the definition for SCF that I have come up with after a considerable amount of research on the subject: Supply Chain Finance is the use of financial inst...
Overview At present, the limited selection of software that automates supply chain finance (SCF) arrangements tends to be bank-centric. That is, if you want to use software to access a given bank’s SC...
Much of the debate on E-Invoicing has been about the obvious efficiency savings to be gained by automated electronic processes compared with manual paper based processes. Whilst E-Invoicing is a compe...
I see a change in the way supply chain finance (SCF) is being perceived in the market. I still have to form myself a more structured opinion so I'll just jot down my thoughts as they come. "Old&q...
30% of UK SMEs have missed growth opportunities because they weren't able to access finance - Federation of Small Businesses There has been much coverage in the press this week about the failure of th...
Forums are a great way to get connected and learn more about the “pulse” of global Finance and Banking industries. The word “Forum” and “Community” very much go hand-in-hand these days – they are oft...
I’d like to share with the community the most significant trends in wholesale banking my analyst colleagues and I are anticipating for 2012. The years following the 2008 financial crisis were challeng...
The Euro Crisis and Supply Chain Finance: New Players Enter the Game Synopsis In recent years, a new breed of non-bank players has emerged in the European Supply Chain Finance (SCF) marketplace, offer...