Using SCF to Address a Significant Working Capital Shortfall

UK corporates are looking beyond Western Europe for growth, with the CEE region attracting particular attention. Moving from traditional trade finance instruments to digital tools such as the Bank Payment Obligation (BPO) can help mitigate the risks in these markets.

Polytrade, a global supplier of raw materials, additives and marketing services, has gained considerable advantages by using the bank payment obligation (BPO) to settle its import business.

Bruce and Jonathon discuss progress toward truly holistic working capital management and whether treasury teams should be harnessing today’s most advanced information technologies.

Eleanor Hill, Editor, investigates whether dynamic discounting deserves to be called a win-win solution by vendors, and finds out what the solution really has to offer treasurers in 2018.

In an increasingly competitive supply chain finance ecosystem – consisting of banks, non-banks, and a combination of the two – how best can corporate treasurers select an effective payables finance programme provider? Deutsche Bank suggest three simple questions that corporates can ask.

While much of digital innovation is directed at large corporates, small and medium-sized enterprises also stand to benefit considerably from digital solutions – and can play an important role in driving adoption.