
Recently, FCI and Demica announced an interesting partnership. In my words, it went something like let Demica be the low cost platform for supply chain […]
Traxpay Reinvents Themselves as a Digital Lender

In the world of dedicated Supply Chain Finance platforms, there are not many vendors. There are the two that have been around for some time […]
Key Players in the Receivable Finance Space
Traditional financing of trade receivables has been done by Banks directly and indirectly through credit facilities, by the Capital Markets and by Commercial Financiers. The […]
Replacement + Additive Deals to Fuel Supply Chain Finance Market
Banks have historically been the dominate provider of both platform and funding of reverse factoring (commonly called supply chain finance) programs over the last decade. […]
Global Business Intelligence Produces 4th Edition of Supply Chain Finance ebook

Do we really need another supply chain finance book or publication? I wrote a post about how Supply Chain Finance (“SCF”) is the new plastics […]
Are Trade Receivable Securitisation Programs an Option for You?
A recent article in Treasury Today talked about how uncertain bank regulatory and increasing costs of credit from Basel capital rules is putting Trade Receivable […]
Banks Still Fund the Shadow Bank Market
I have to laugh as I continue to see confirmation that banks still fund a big part of the Shadow Bank market. Most of you […]
ApexPeak on Supply Chain finance Fintech acquisition streak

ApexPeak, a Singapore-based nonbank capital provider, has been acquiring companies that facilitate supply chain finance and SME lending in emerging markets. Its’ most recent acquisition […]
Can Swift’s BPO be an alternative to the Two-Party Factoring Model?
When companies trade cross border on open terms, it presents risks and usually extended terms, especially in emerging markets. In fact, the U.S. has become […]
Do banks have something to fear with Demica and its investment bank partners?

The sale of Demica a few weeks back appeared to be purely a sale initiated by J.M. Huber to the investment bankers JRJ Group, TomsCapital […]
Experienced Investment Bankers buy Supply Chain Finance vendor Demica
I wrote a piece recently on Demica wondering why an industrial company like J.M. Huber would want to hold a supply chain finance technology company […]