Latest Financial Supply Chain Articles

BPO and ISO 20022: A Technology Perspective
Olivier Berthier, Misys - 25 Jan 2012
Despite industry inertia to change, bank payment obligation (BPO) is an opportunity for a positive evolution in the face of an increasingly online industry.
The 'Trade Tilt' Hypothesis
Nigel Taylor, GXS - David Hennah, SWIFT - 24 Jan 2012
Much has been said about the potential of the bank payment obligation (BPO) as an electronic equivalent to documentary trade processes and an automated alternative to open account. With the financial turmoil of the past few years, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly what impact this new instrument may eventually have on global trade, but with an accelerated emergence of the Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) economies, the business case for electronic cross-border trade is increasingly compelling.
Mitigating Risk and Maximising Opportunity for International Trade
Pravin Advani, JP Morgan - 24 Jan 2012
Bank payment obligation (BPO), which is available through SWIFT's centralised automated data matching engine - Trade Services Utility (TSU), is a new financial instrument offering the opportunity to mitigate risks, while still capitalising on the advantage of open account trade.
Accelerating Global Trade Finance
André Casterman, SWIFT - 23 Jan 2012
The partnership between the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and SWIFT will revolutionise global trade finance practices by leveraging electronic transaction data available from dematerialised business-to-business (B2B) processes and by establishing paperless inter-bank practices.

More Financial Supply Chain Articles

Bank Payment Obligations: The Way Forward
Tan Kah Chye, Barclays Corporate - 19 Jan 2012

Improving Trade Finance Efficiency with Bank Payment Obligation
Prathima Rajan, Celent - 20 Jan 2012

Seeking Opportunities in FI's Trade Business
Paul Taylor, Bank of America Merrill Lynch - 12 Jan 2012

History Repeating: Treasury Best Practice Lessons Learned from 2008
Monie Lindsey, Treasury Strategies - 10 Jan 2012

Trade Finance 2.0: The Future of the Documentary and Guarantee Business
Sven Müller, Commerzbank - Michael Starke, Commerzbank - 22 Dec 2011

Open Account Trade Financing in Asia
Vijay Vashist, DBS Bank - 15 Dec 2011

The Shipping Industry: Financing in Turbulent Times
Guido Musso, Citi - David Aldred, Citi - Alex Taylor, Citi - 17 Nov 2011

The Impact of the Arab Spring on MENA's Trade Flows
Faraz Haider, Citi - 01 Nov 2011

E-invoicing in the European B2C Market
Edwin van Veen, ING - 04 Oct 2011

Going Beyond the FSC - KBank Supports a Well-oiled Value Chain Solution in Thailand
Ittiporn Intravisit, Kasikornbank - Raj Subramaniam, Fundtech - 20 Oct 2011

Making Corporate Finance Sustainable by Mobilising Resources
Stephan Benkendorf, Hanse Orga AG - 11 Oct 2011

Fears About a Double Dip are Leading Companies to Hoard Cash
Drew Hofler, Ariba - 04 Oct 2011

SWIFT TSU: Challenges to Adoption and the Way Forward
Sankarasubramanian V, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - 13 Sep 2011

Supply Chain Finance: A Tool for Managing Suppliers' Counterparty Risk
Eugenio Cavenaghi, UniCredit - 30 Aug 2011

Cross-border Supply Chain Financing
Frankie Au, Standard Chartered Bank - Shalini Lall, Standard Chartered Bank - 30 Aug 2011

Working Capital Improvement: How the Physical and Financial Supply Chain Meet Each Other
Roel Elshout, ASYX International - 30 Aug 2011

Supply Chain Finance Opportunities and Challenges: From a Bank's Perspective
Mikael Sylverberg, SEB - Magnus Albrektsson, SEB - 30 Aug 2011

Financial Supply Chain Special Reports

Integrating the P2P Process
Adam Tiberi, Travelex Global Business Payments - Debbie Brown, Travelex Global Business Payments - 15 Dec 2009

Financial Supply Chain Guides

What Now? What Next?
17 Jun 2008

Corporate Cash Management Trends
29 Jan 2008

What Now? What Next?
21 May 2007

Financial Supply Chain Management
18 Apr 2007

Financial Supply Chain Q&As

Driving the Adoption of E-invoicing: Q&A with George Evers, RBS
15 Mar 2011

Challenges Facing Multinationals' Subsidiaries
09 Jun 2009

Trade Finance Trends in China
Joachim Blechstein, Commerzbank - Sherry Yang, Commerzbank - 18 Mar 2008

Trade Finance Q&A: Readers' Questions Answered
04 Mar 2008

Trade Finance: Readers' Q&A 2007
John Ahearn, Citi - 04 Apr 2007

Trade Finance 2006
03 Jan 2006

Financial Supply Chain Videos

Sibos 2011: Interview with Ashutosh Kumar, Global Head of Cash and Trade Products, Standard Chartered
Ashutosh Kumar, Standard Chartered Bank - 27 Sep 2011

Sibos 2011: Interview with Richard Dallas, Managing Director, Transaction Banking, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets
Richard Dallas, Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets - 21 Sep 2011

Marrying Treasury and Procurement
Enrico Camerinelli, gtnews - 11 Apr 2011

AFP 2010: Interview with CJ Wimley, SunGard AvantGard
C.J Wimley, SunGard AvantGard - 16 Nov 2010

Sibos 2010: Interview with Enrico Camerinelli, Aite Group
Enrico Camerinelli, gtnews - 27 Oct 2010

Global Corporate Treasurers Forum Europe - Interview with Marcio Barbosa, Philips
24 Jun 2010

Trade Finance: Letters of Credit versus Open Account
17 Sep 2009

Liquidity, Trade Services and Global Payments
Eric Kamback, BNY Mellon - 20 Oct 2008

Open Account and Letters of Credit: Current Trends
19 Sep 2008

Impact of the Credit Crunch on Trade Finance
Lawrence Webb, HSBC Global Payments and Cash Management - 19 Sep 2008

Financial Supply Chain Survey Results

Heading Towards Centralised Control and Integration
22 Aug 2011

Companies Neglect Risks in Supplier Financing
22 Mar 2011

Trade Finance Survey 2010: It's Time to Demand More From Your Trade Finance Banks
Lars Hagne, SEB - 11 May 2010

Trade Finance Survey 2009: Why Treasury Needs to Take Control of Trade Finance
09 Jun 2009

Financial Supply Chain Commentaries

Creative Supplier Financing
Richard Hartung, gtnews - 15 Sep 2011

gtnews Global Corporate Treasury Awards 2010 Shortlist
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 28 Sep 2010

Enhancing Working Capital Management in Asia
Richard Hartung, gtnews - 19 Aug 2010

Financial Supply Chain Survey

Trade Finance Survey
28 Oct 2008

Financial Supply Chain Commentaries

Flexibility is Key in Today's Financial Supply Chain
Ben Poole, gtnews - 13 Dec 2007

Financial Supply Chain Blogs

Supply Chain Finance Blog
Enrico Camerinelli, gtnews - 10 Jan 2012

EuroFinance 2011 Blog
Joy Macknight, gtnews - Lynne Peachey, gtnews - 13 Oct 2011

Sibos 2011: FSC Blog
Enrico Camerinelli, gtnews - 20 Sep 2011

Sibos 2011: gtnews Blog
Joy Macknight, gtnews - 19 Sep 2011

Supply Chain Finance Blog
Enrico Camerinelli, gtnews - 02 Jun 2011

Supply Chain Finance Blog
Enrico Camerinelli, gtnews - 20 Jul 2010

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Blog

Supply Chain Finance Blog
Part 1: S&OP for Cash Forecasting
- 10 Jan 2012
What if analysis and simulation could be run continually, on a real-time basis with live data? This blog analyses the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process and asks why shouldn't analysis also be possible for cash forecasting in the financial supply chain?

Blog

Supply Chain Finance Blog
Part 5: Supply Chain Finance: A Glossary
- 05 Dec 2011
This article aims to provide a list of the IT applications (i.e. SCF components) and the IT infrastructure (i.e. SCF enablers) that compose the core of the SCF IT ecosystem.

Blog

EuroFinance 2011 Blog - 13 Oct 2011
Follow the interesting session discussions at EuroFinance 2011 through two daily blogs.

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Supply Chain Finance Blog
Part 4: Paving the Way to a Common Glossary for Supply Chain Finance
- 12 Oct 2011
The initiatives of various industry bodies around defining supply chain finance (SCF) will remove the resistance of many parties that have so far been sitting on the fence waiting for more clarity and agreed-upon terminology.

Video

Sibos 2011: Interview with Richard Dallas, Managing Director, Transaction Banking, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets - 21 Sep 2011
Richard Dallas, managing director, transaction banking, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, touches on three topics of interest to corporate treasurers: cash management, working capital and reducing risk with supply chain finance.

Blog

Sibos 2011: FSC Blog - 20 Sep 2011
Contributing editor Enrico Camerinelli looks at some of the main themes he has picked up on in Toronto.

Video

Sibos 2011: Interview with Ashutosh Kumar, Global Head of Cash and Trade Products, Standard Chartered - 27 Sep 2011
Ashutosh Kumar, global head of cash and trade products, Standard Chartered, gives an update on trade flows and the growing amount of inter-market trade across Asia.

Blog

Sibos 2011: gtnews Blog - 19 Sep 2011
Joy Macknight, editor, reports from the Sibos 2011 conference floor in Toronto, Canada.

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Supply Chain Finance Blog
Part 3: Optimising Working Capital: The Devil is in the Details
- 06 Sep 2011
When setting up a working capital optimisation plan, what component in the value chain is the best candidate for optimisation?

Survey Results

Heading Towards Centralised Control and Integration - 22 Aug 2011
Overall, integration and centralisation were the dominant themes to come out of the gtnews 2011 Cash Management and Trade Finance Survey. Treasurers are increasingly looking to other areas of the business to make improvements in working capital and more treasurers are likely to take ownership of trade finance, financial risk management and working capital management in future.

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