Invoice auctions were a novel and innovative idea a few years back. From a seller’s perspective, auctions provide liquidity, a form of ad hoc, transactional […]
Are Invoice Auction Marketplaces on Life Support? Post 1
The idea of creating an electronic auction marketplace for investors to purchase assets (in this case invoices, or future dated cash flows), was novel back […]
Few Lift Kimono to Show Real Data in Alternative Business Finance
Trying to determine just how much alternative business finance is occurring in the form of payable and receivable solutions versus mainstream lending is not a straightforward task. As we mentioned in a previous post, for the majority of alternative finance B2B providers, information on size, volumes, etc. is kept private, no different than trying to find the payment terms and commercial agreements between a Bechtel and a Sunoco or IBM and one of its engineering suppliers. That data is just not public.
Why Factors could Snuff out Invoice Auction Vendors
I really like the fact that spot auctions can help small guys access liquidity. We all know small business is always struggling to collect on […]
Best Payables Supplier Financing Solution Platform Black
Global Finance magazine recently anointed Platform Black as the Best Payables Supplier Financing solution. In their review, they commented, UK-based Platform Black, a relatively new […]
Seller Based Invoice Marketplaces – To Sell or Not To Sell? Part IV
Post four on Electronic Invoice Marketplaces looks at benefits and challenges of buying assets on an invoice auction market. Investors in exchange auctions can come […]
Electronic Invoice Marketplaces – To Sell or Not To Sell? Part I
This post on Electronic Invoice Marketplaces kicks off Trade Financing Matters six part series. Auction-based invoice finance has generated considerable interest within the finance industry […]
ReceivablesExchange the largest of the Online Invoice Auction Exchanges
The Receivables Exchange (RecX) describes itself as the leading online exchange for the sale and purchase of accounts receivable. Receivable auction platforms have received much […]
Platform Black’s Louise Beaumont on why the time is Now for Auction Markets – Part II
The second installment of our discussion with Platform Black’s co-founder Louise Beaumont looks at how they onboard companies, and manage the risk for their investors. […]
Platform Black’s Louise Beaumont on why the time is Now for Auction Markets – Part I
The first installment of our discussion with Platform Black’s co-founder Louise Beaumont covered why she started an auction market for invoices. Today we look into […]