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June 9th 2021

Special Report: Supply chain finance

Key articles from the past year that documented SCF’s rise and subsequent growing pains
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May 25th 2021

Do SCF androids dream of future receivables?

Collapsed lender Greensill used AI to identify non-existent receivables which it could borrow against....
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  • Greensill
  • insolvency
  • reverse factoring
  • supply chain finance
April 13th 2021

Treasury leaders call for transparency in SCF after Greensill collapse

Receivables funding, platforms and portfolios need to be made more transparent to have a healthy...
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March 25th 2021

GE, Honeywell ramped up SCF programmes during the pandemic

The industrial arms of General Electric and Honeywell boosted days payable outstanding with a $1...
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  • accounting
  • DPO
  • supply chain finance
January 19th 2021

Industrial, food companies increase payables as SCF disclosure pressure grows

Days payable outstanding increased as companies supported suppliers through the pandemic, while...
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  • Covid-19
  • procurement
  • supply chain finance
March 30th 2020

Supporting suppliers through the Covid-19 pandemic

The covid-19 pandemic has placed considerable strain on supply chains around the world. Supply chain...
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October 23rd 2019

SCF players call for responsibility, transparency amid rating agency warnings

Rating agencies are warning that supply chain finance is increasingly a form of hidden debt. Now...
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  • credit ratings
  • M&A
  • supply chain finance
October 1st 2019

EuroFinance Awards: Deleveraging through the supply chain

Following a €10bn acquisition spree, Asahi needed to reduce a key debt ratio – but by expanding...