Is There a Tech Solution for Supplier Portal Proliferation?
DAVID GUSTIN, Chief Strategy Officer, The Interface Financial Group May 14, 2019 When we look at source-to-pay solutions, we tend to look at it from one side, that is, how this is going to improve the accounts payable department, reduce cost, be more efficient and improve supplier collaboration. But then I hear quotes like this […]
PPC: On Late Payment — Regulate, Shame or Just Deal with It?
DAVID GUSTIN, Chief Strategy Officer, The Interface Financial Group May 21, 2019 There was some recent shaming of some very large companies by the UK government that did not comply with the Prompt Payment Code (PPC). Seventeen large companies, including heavyweights such as Vodafone, Rolls Royce, SSE and British Sugar, were suspended pending promises to […]
Blockchain and Digital Invoice Finance — What’s Missing?
DAVID GUSTIN, Chief Strategy Officer, The Interface Financial Group July 2, 2019 What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient … highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it’s almost impossible to eradicate. — “Inception” (2010) Similar to an idea in the movie “Inception,” […]
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 […]
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 […]
Can Source-to-Pay Networks Go Beyond The Approved Invoice?
DAVID GUSTIN, Chief Strategy Officer, The Interface Financial Group June 11, 2019 “The phrase ‘it’s better to be lucky than good’ must be one of the most ridiculous homilies ever uttered. In nearly any competitive endeavor, you have to be damned good before luck can be of any use to you at all.” ― Garry Kasparov, “Deep Thinking: […]
Large Companies Lack Cash to Fund Their Supply Chains
DAVID GUSTIN, Chief Strategy Officer, The Interface Financial Group August 13, 2019 The popular opinion has been that many large American companies are flush with cash. In fact, surveys from some reputable institutions support this view. The AFP’s corporate cash survey found during the second quarter of 2019, U.S. businesses continued to build their cash […]
Digital Supply Chain Finance – A Silent Revolution Underway
Next wave innovations in supplier finance
Throughout this decade with the growth of buyer-led supply chain finance programs or buyer-sponsored early payment services, teamed with the increase in attention to SCF services in general, we have witnessed significant technological transformations within the industry.
What Happens When Machine Learning Finance Models Fail
DAVID GUSTIN, Chief Strategy Officer, The Interface Financial Group September 3, 2019 These are some strange times. Look, we have $16 trillion of negative-yielding bonds, that’s T, for trillion. I’m asked by non-financial people why anyone would want to buy negative yields (you pay to hold them, btw) and I reply, it’s not about income, […]