There’s an old business adage that where you put your money is your strategy. But against today’s backdrop of tariff-driven uncertainty, how a business gets its money can be just as strategic. Or as disastrous. Working capital has never been more important, but as the...
How businesses manage their working capital can be the difference between surviving and thriving. With today’s interest rates fluctuating and supply chains rocked by uncertainty, forward-thinking chief financial officers are keeping their eyes on the ultimate operational prize of balancing their working capital stack, which...
Mastercard has joined forces with Fundbot, a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based supply chain financing FinTech. The collaboration, announced in a news release Thursday (Nov. 21), is designed to streamline business-to-business (B2B) payment flows via a new platform linking buyers and suppliers. “Rolled out initially in...
Blockchain is entering its institutional era. And the enterprise treasury function is all eyes and ears to the innovation. For example, news came this week that enterprise software maker MicroStrategy, whose business mission includes buying bitcoin, sold 13.6 million shares, tapping the public markets explicitly...
November 20, 2024
Blockchain is entering its institutional era. And the enterprise treasury function is all eyes and ears to the innovation. For example, news came this week that enterprise software maker MicroStrategy, whose business mission includes buying bitcoin, sold 13.6 million shares, tapping the public markets explicitly in order to fund further purchases of the nominal digital […]
September 20, 2023
Even three years after the height of the pandemic, even as economies have reopened fully, supply chains are still operating in a less than optimal manner. And part of the issue...
September 15, 2021
Indian capital financing startup CredAble has hit upon the very credible idea of underwriting loans for small and medium-sized supply chain vendors. It’s doing so by leveraging its relationships with...
December 18, 2019
Singles Day started quite humbly. Before it was an international shopping festival raking in just under $50 billion in sales in a single day, it was an informal holiday in...
September 13, 2026
Apollo Global Management is reportedly shuttering some parts of its Eliant Trade Finance platform. That’s according to a report Friday (Sept. 11) by Bloomberg News, which says the move comes after a difficult year for the previously hot inventory financing market. Eliant is winding down products centered on mid-market accounts receivable and supply-chain finance, the […]
November 21, 2024
Mastercard has joined forces with Fundbot, a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based supply chain financing FinTech. The collaboration, announced in a news release Thursday (Nov. 21), is designed to streamline business-to-business...
September 15, 2024
Supply-chain financing solutions provider Credlix says it is expanding into Mexico. The company announced the expansion — bolstered by a $50 million investment from B2B eCommerce brand Moglix — last...
July 03, 2024
In response to higher interest rates, several major companies have reportedly made the decision to reduce the size of their supply-chain finance programs. This financing option, which allows companies to extend...