The first live Working Capital Forum event for over two years took place at the Waldorf Hotel in London’s West End on 14th October 2021. The event has brought together more than 100 treasurers and working capital experts to discuss the latest themes, challenges, and...

When a group of senior treasurers gathered for the latest Working Capital Forum virtual round table sponsored by Coupa, they shared experiences of cash netting and pooling in an off-the-record environment. Here are ten points that came out of their conversation.

Banks and corporates must keep an “open mind” and embrace new digitised platforms to secure the future of trade finance. The need to digitise trade finance has never been more urgent than during the Covid-19 pandemic as supply chains came under pressure and the...

The May round table meeting for the Working Capital Forum saw treasurers from seven multinationals gather to discuss ways of encouraging supplier take-up of supply chain finance programmes, in a meeting sponsored, as usual by American Express. Of the firms represented...

Bringing disparate entities together in a centralised treasury or shared service centre can be a positive step along the road to better working capital management.  That was the view of several participants at the latest Working Capital Forum Virtual Round Table,...

The latest round-table meeting of the Working Capital Forum, supported by American Express saw eight senior treasurers gather online to discuss ways of getting 'buy-in' to working capital optimisation programmes. While most efforts to shorten the cash conversion cycle...

Communicating with suppliers, buyers and finance providers is more essential than ever in a crisis. That was the unanimous conclusion of the speakers in the latest Working Capital Forum online meeting, Funding supply chains for recovery.

Over 36% of corporations have accelerated the automation of their AP function during the Covid crisis.

The coronavirus lockdown has exacerbated the problems faced by smaller business in getting paid, said the UK’s Small Business Commissioner, Philip King, in the latest Working Capital Forum online meeting.