Thursday, October 12, 2017

The missing link: Technology is revolutionising supply-chain finance

Print section Print Rubric:  Technology is reshaping the financing of firms that sell to other firms, and leading banks into new alliances Print Headline:  The missing link Print Fly Title:  Supply-chain finance UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  China’s Xi Jinping has more clout than Donald Trump. The world should be wary Fly Title:  The missing link Main image:  20171014_FNP001_0.jpg IN 2015 Kiddyum, a small company from Manchester that provides frozen ready-meals for children, won a contract from Sainsbury’s, a big British supermarket chain. Jayne Hynes, the founder, was delighted. But sudden success might have choked Kiddyum’s cashflow. Sainsbury’s pays its suppliers in 60 days; Ms Hynes must pay hers in only 30. In fact Kiddyum gets its cash within a few days. Once approved by Sainsbury’s, its invoices are loaded onto the supermarket’s supply-chain ...

from Banking Services http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21730150-squeezed-suppliers-and-big-corporate-buyers-stand-benefit-technology?fsrc=rss
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