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Five Myths about Supply Chain Finance

What was once a niche service for investment-grade corporate buyers and their largest suppliers is now a critical financial tool that provides liquidity throughout the supply chain.

However, even with its move to the mainstream, SCF is often poorly understood by both buyers and suppliers who could benefit most from its use. Here five of the biggest myths about Supply Chain Finance.

To Reclassify Trade Payables or Not?

David Gustin, Managing Editor, Trade Financing Matters, IFG Chief Strategy Officer   As more companies adopt early pay programs, including self funded and third party supply chain finance (“SCF”) programs, concerns are growing that third-party arrangements could trigger accounting problems. Trade Finance Matters examines the background and where we are today.   Background With the […]

Supply Chain Finance Outlook 2023

Nothing – not supply chain logjams, not higher interest rates, not economic uncertainty — could dampen the continued growth of Supply Chain Finance.

Global volume of Supply Chain Finance reached nearly $2.2 trillion in 2022, up 21% from 2021, according to BCR Publishing’s World Supply Chain Finance Report 2023.

Since 2015, the industry has expanded at a 31% compound annual growth rate.

In this report, we’ll examine the outlook for Supply Chain Finance, the factors that are driving its growth, and innovations that will carry it forward.

Why E-Invoicing Needs Machine Learning to Accelerate Invoice Finance

DAVID GUSTIN, Chief Strategy Officer, The Interface Financial Group December 18, 2018 In the past, most procurement organizations would admit to doing a generally poor job of linking buying processes to the actual receipt of invoices, the invoice approval process and the subsequent payment to suppliers. There have been many reasons for this, not the […]

Accounting Considerations on SCF Transactions

DAVID GUSTIN, Chief Strategy Officer, The Interface Financial Group   Whichever way you look at it and define it, supply chain finance has grown into a big number. And if you define it as using the balance sheet of a large company to offer early payment to some or all of its suppliers, it is […]

3 Essential Factors to Facilitating Supply Chain Finance Adoption With Suppliers

NICK HEINZMANN, SpendMatters – June 18, 2018   As general awareness about dynamic discounting and supply chain finance grows among practitioners, procurement groups are increasingly pushing their technology providers to offer early payment capabilities. These organizations are primarily seeking to strengthen their supply base, relieving the DPO stretch that has plagued small suppliers as of […]

Predicting Dilution – The Key for Invoice Finance Solutions

Sabeen Ahmed, COO and Chief Credit Officer, The Interface Finance Group  There are few truisms left anymore especially in this era where trust is at a premium and everything appears to be a product of fake or fiat news. But in terms of the risk, funding receivables based on seller’s data or funding receivables based […]