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Safeguarding Your Financial Supply Chain
Phillip Kerle, Demica - 02 Mar 2010
Firms are actively seeking collaborative financing tools in order to improve cash flow and release working capital to the mutual benefit of buyers and suppliers. How can they protect their supply chain from fraud?
Best Practice in Financial Supply Chain Automation
Nigel Taylor, Bottomline Technologies - 02 Mar 2010
Even though technology solutions have been available for more than a decade, the adoption of financial supply chain (FSC) automation has been slow. Why are there still billions of paper invoices being processed annually within the European Union and the US alone?
Why You Need to Know About Your Supplier's Money Flow
Greg Johnsen, GT Nexus - 02 Mar 2010
The opportunities that open account financing brings in terms of redefining the supply chain are ongoing and will take several years to gain critical momentum in the market, but the increase in international trade means the move towards open accounts seems irreversible.
Navigating Financial Supply Chain Management
George Ravich, Fundtech - 02 Mar 2010
The global financial crisis has provided the ideal opportunity for companies to streamline their financial supply chain. There are also associated benefits for an astute treasurer to reap.

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The Next Generation of Supply Chain Finance
Alexander Mutter, Deutsche Bank - 23 Feb 2010

Supply Chain Finance in Europe
Fabien Jacquot, Corporate LinX - 19 Jan 2010

Seven Supply Chain Subjects to Monitor in 2010
Bernie Hart, JPMorgan - 19 Jan 2010

The Local Option for Working Capital Efficiency
Dominic Broom, BNY Mellon - 22 Dec 2009

Procure-to-Pay Automation Evolves into Multi-enterprise Collaboration
Kurt Cavano, TradeCard - 15 Dec 2009

The Future of Finance: 2010 and Beyond
Paul Cowley, Basware - 15 Dec 2009

Special Reports

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

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09 Jun 2009

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

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Trade Finance: Letters of Credit versus Open Account
Tan Kah Chye, Standard Chartered Bank - 17 Sep 2009

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

Open Account and Letters of Credit: Current Trends
Tan Kah Chye, Standard Chartered Bank - 19 Sep 2008

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

Survey Results

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

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Trade Finance Survey
28 Oct 2008

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

Special Report

Integrating the P2P Process - 15 Dec 2009
Banks and specialist payment providers are looking at how they can integrate more into the P2P process. How can they drive the development of payment technology and standards?

Video

Trade Finance: Letters of Credit versus Open Account - 17 Sep 2009
The global recession has severely affected trade finance. Tan Kah Chye, global head of trade finance, transaction banking, Standard Chartered, explores the question of whether the shortage of trade credit reverses globalisation. He also debunks the myth that letters of credit are ousting open account as a product of choice for corporate treasurers.

Survey Results

Trade Finance Survey 2009: Why Treasury Needs to Take Control of Trade Finance - 09 Jun 2009
The results of the 2009 trade finance survey show that trade finance is something of an unknown quantity for many treasury departments. Not only do treasurers need to take more of a leading role in trade finance decision-making, they also need to ensure that documentation terms are calculated to optimise working capital and that real-time trade finance data is fed automatically into cash flow forecasts. This article looks in details at the survey's findings.

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Q&A

Challenges Facing Multinationals' Subsidiaries - 09 Jun 2009
Robert Snell, head of global subsidiaries group at Citi, talks about the challenges facing multinationals' subsidiaries operating in the emerging markets, including liquidity and funding risk and local counterparty risk.

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