Back in March, Moody’s came out with a note titled Carillion's collapse highlights shortcomings in the accounting for reverse factoring. Claiming the scale of the […]
Is there a Complete Business Case for Reverse Factoring?
By now, we know the horse has long left the barn on Reverse Factoring as a technique for large Fortune 500 companies to extend terms. […]
Reverse Factoring: 5 Tips to Avoid Supply Chain Finance Foul Ups
Over on Spend Matters, I recently shared two reverse factoring case studies, courtesy of Kyriba’s Eric Riddle and Wells Fargo’s Stephen Elson, who presented at CFA’s Supply Chain Finance/Factoring World event in Miami, which took place last week. The panel absolutely nailed the key success factories in traditional reverse factoring programs. So how do you avoid supply chain finance foul ups? Read on.
Most Large Company Spend is not Accelerated Via Early Pay Programs
I recently went out and spoke to 30 Global Procure to Pay executives at companies in both North America and Europe. The general consensus can […]
Why Factors Do Not Offer Supply Chain Finance
Factoring guys go out and work with companies to establish Asset Based lending and factoring lines based on receivables and inventory, a few are involved […]
Supplier Finance and Accounting Issues – True Sale or Not?
When talking about trade finance, IFRS is a key concern or motivation for companies. I have done a number of posts about the potential classification […]
Moody’s Fires Accounting Shot at Reverse Factoring Programs
Abengoa's Reverse Factoring Program has debt-like features, say practice widespread We’ve touched on the accounting issue a number of times during the last few […]
Do Portals Actually Increase Suppliers Workload?
“You mean my supplier doesn’t appreciate the fact he can check my portal about payment status? “Comment from Fortune 500 company APEX Analytix completed a recent […]
Will Reverse Factoring cause the next bubble?
Alejandro Serrano, a professor of Supply Chain Management in the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program and Spyros Lekkakos is a doctoral candidate in the same program […]
Big Pharma talks about Lessons Learned Implementing a Reverse Factoring Program
Ben Poole, editor of GT News recently wrote about Roche’s Global Supply Chain finance (SCF) program here. I encourage you to read it. To summarize, […]
Middle Market Supply Chain Finance – The Next Frontier?
The constant whine I hear at Conferences, whether it is SWIFT’s Sibos, or the Bankers Association of Finance and Trade or the Commercial Finance Association, […]