
It is important that all banks involved in trade finance, irrespective of size or geographical coverage, work together to facilitate the introduction and successful implementation of the bank payment obligation (BPO), leveraging the initial groundwork of SWIFT and the work now underway within the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
This article provides an overview of best practices in cash flow forecasting, and analyses why forecasting has become such a challenging and important area for modern corporates.
Managing cross-border credit effectively across the extended financial supply chain depends on having access to the most up-to-date, wide-ranging and accurate information possible about potential customers and suppliers.
This article outlines procurement's journey towards becoming a strategic, indispensable partner to the business, delivering enhanced profitability, improved cash management, improved forecasting and increased spend control.
Despite some nasty fiscal maladies threatening the well-being of companies, the banking industry stands ready to help boost your organisation's immune system through some new formulations of some tried and true remedies and prescriptions for relief.
This article examines the challenges facing corporates when attempting to optimise liquidity and working capital management, examining current available bank offerings and corporations' strategic positions.
A flexible cash pooling solution can be custom made, allowing for ongoing alterations and improvements to meet not only the corporate's current needs but also their future requirements. The most successful bank in delivering a flexible solution will be the one who collaborates closely with its clients for the future development of cash pooling.
The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing a report entitled “Euro Money Market Survey 2009”, which illustrates the main developments in the euro money market in the second quarter of 2009, in comparison with the second quarter of 2008.
In a volatile and uncertain economy, the supply chain is a company's secret weapon to put money to work.
Cash is king but visibility of this cash is vital. If it's obscured from view, it's essentially useless to the business and growth strategy, and planning is then built on an inaccurate picture of the organisation's cash flow.
