Financial Supply Chain

In the world of international trade, the process of exchanging payments, information and documents between buyers, sellers, banks, and other involved parties is becoming increasingly important for financial institutions. This community aims at presenting views and innovative ideas related to this financial supply chain space.

Nick Green Director at Purple Patch Broking Ltd

The beginner's guide to data benchmarking

Access to high quality data is a must within the credit industry. Not only does it ensure scorecard improvement for credit firms, it also enables fair and transparent credit decisions for consumers too. However, there is currently a lack of objective, evidence-based insight into the data provided by each Bureau, how they measure up against each ot...

17 March 2022 /regulation /retail

Nick Green Director at Purple Patch Broking Ltd

How procurement can drive innovation and efficiencies in financial services

How procurement can drive innovation and efficiencies in financial services The financial services sector is going through extraordinary levels of transformation. These external pressures are forcing financial institutions to focus hard on their credit data suppliers, seeking to marry innovation with quality and cost savings. Procurement can have a...

22 February 2022 /payments /retail

Nick Green Director at Purple Patch Broking Ltd

How financial services procurement can gain better leverage with credit data providers

How financial services procurement can gain better leverage with credit data providers Over the last few years, financial services businesses have grown to rely on procurement to support and strengthen supplier relationships. That’s especially true during the pandemic. According to one study, 52% of enterprises viewed procurement’s impact during t...

15 February 2022 /regulation /retail

Farah Miller CEO at Helixtap Technologies

Rubber industry grapples with aftershock of China’s crackdown

The crackdown on power consumption coupled with the crisis of Evergrande Group looms large over the demand for natural rubber in China as the industrial manufacturing sector of the country faces a setback. With the ongoing Evergrande crisis and Beijing’s unprecedented curbs on the property sector, the power supply crisis has affected Jiangsu, Zheji...

01 November 2021 /markets /predictions

Farah Miller CEO at Helixtap Technologies

Commodity Pricing: the Need for Transparent Pricing to Benefit Supply Chains and Address ESG Risks

Change Opaque Markets – focus on agri-commodities The lack of transparency is an infamous issue in the commodities market because it creates an inherent inability to accurately price risk. This issue is particularly pervasive in the agricultural commodities sector, such as natural rubber where supply chains start with remote smallholders numberin...

15 July 2021 /sustainable /inclusion

Richard Blore Chief Executive Officer, KY3P, IHS Markit at IHS Markit

ESG is becoming a critical component in Supply Chain. Are you ready?

Social and Governance in the supply chain The focus on non-financial, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data and metrics continues to increase across all industries and regions. Both public and private companies are under increasing pressure from investors, civil society and governments to make ambitious public commitments covering all as...

11 June 2021 /regulation /sustainable

Payson Johnton CEO and Co-Founder at Crowdz

Invoice Financing 101: What is Invoice and Receivables Financing?

It’s undeniable that the pandemic has been especially hard on small to medium enterprises, or SMEs. While multinational corporations like Amazon and Tesla have grown astronomically over the pandemic, small disruptions, like late payments on invoices which are typically survivable in normal times, are causing many SMEs to go out of business. Althou...

31 May 2021 /sustainable /inclusion

Olivier Gazon CEO at Sustainable Base Finance

Innovative commercial finance underwriting can profitably ignite economic recovery

The current economic slump creates a trade finance paradox: Banks do not grant new credit limits, tight be regulatory constraints. Credit insurers face deep losses on traditional credit insurance schemes. Credit reinsurers have substantial reinsurance capacity available but cannot place it. The result: major losses for all parties. Heading towar...

15 July 2020 /wholesale /covid-19

Ron Delnevo Chair at UK Cash Supply Alliance

US coin shortage a DISASTER for cash!

Cock up - or a conspiracy? Whichever it is, this shortage of coins is a disaster for cash. Many retailers are looking for excuses to limit cash use and this shortage is a gift to them as they pursue their “cashless” ambitions. Cash is an essential item on the Payment Choice menu. The right to use cash is even more fundamental to US democracy than t...

04 July 2020 /payments /inclusion

Retired Member 

Cash in the time of Covid: why we need to listen to the experts to protect this vital payment method

Covid-19 has had a huge impact on almost every area of our lives: from travel to shopping, the economy to health services. Understandably, these are emotive issues – things that we previously may have taken for granted are now being put under enormous pressure at a time when people are very anxious. Amid the uncertainty, there is a danger that som...

06 April 2020 /inclusion /covid-19