Today, banks are by far the dominant player in providing supply chain finance, and do so in four ways
How factoring and supply chain finance differ from traditional invoice finance. And the real answer is it's very murky. There is certainly a blurring between invoice finance, invoice discounting, factoring, supply chain finance and asset-based lending.
Multi-enterprise platforms
provide a way for a wide variety
of industry sectors – from
consumer goods, to retail, to
auto parts, to manufacturers – to
enable buyer-supplier ecosystems
to digitise commerce.
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 on buyer’s data, there is truth and that truth is buyer data is more reliable.
But in terms of the risk, funding receivables based on seller’s data or funding receivables based on buyer’s data, there is truth and that truth is buyer data is more reliable.
Introduction
The connected commerce world is being driven by two primary players – corporations moving to the cloud for documents and data exchange around their source
The connected commerce world is being driven by two primary players – corporations moving to the cloud for documents and data exchange around their source
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.
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 has gained in popularity.
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.
IFG’s Digital Supply Chain Finance is an extension of Dynamic Discounting — early payment for Suppliers, funded by Buyers. IFG’s DSCF works only when a Buyer’s Dynamic Discounting is unavailable, paused, or not offered. IFG never competes with Buyer programs.