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Banks report increased SCF provision shows ICC trade finance survey

Conducted annually, the ICC Global Survey report is an authoritative review of the trade finance industry, based on exclusive information from over 250 banks in more than 90 countries. The survey results are bolstered by contributions from an international array of leading voices on trade and finance, including experts from the World Bank, the Boston […]

Payables finance whitepaper from Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank has released a comprehensive new publication, “Payables Finance: A guide to working capital optimisation”, which provides a practical guide to the past, present and future of payables finance – all based on actual transactions and programmes. Importantly, the publication explores what makes a successful payables finance programme, and highlights the transformative impact they […]

ICC releases cross-industry SCF standards

source: Global Trade Review (GTR) The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has released a list of standard definitions for techniques of supply chain finance (SCF), developed jointly with Baft, the Euro Banking Association (EBA), Factors Chain International (FCA) and the International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA). The initiative is a step towards the much-needed standardisation […]

Clarifying Supply Chain Finance

source: Cash and Trade Supply chain finance has been a growth area in recent years, yet there has been a growing feeling within the industry that its practitioners have – at times – been speaking in tongues. The new Standard Definitions for Techniques of Supply Chain Finance will hopefully go some way to address this […]

Elucidating supply chain finance

source: Financier Worldwide The use of supply chain finance (SCF) in both domestic and cross-border trade has grown exponentially over the past few years, helping to optimise the management of the working capital and liquidity invested in supply chain processes and transactions.

Will firms adopt ICC’s new supply chain finance definitions?

source: Trade and Export Finance (TXF) The ICC has released a set of definitions for supply chain finance (SCF) and its techniques. The challenge now, says the ICC, is to convince supply chain financiers, many of whom have been operating their own set of SCF definitions for years, to accept these new official definitions.