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.

A new project from Tradeshift’s digital incubation unit, Frontiers, has used blockchain technology to turn invoices from dumb paper to well-specified digital assets which can be traded. Using that in combination with smart contracts, banks can use invoices from global enterprises as collateral to finance suppliers down into tier 2 and tier 3 of international supply chains.

Working capital remains a priority for Dutch corporations, but there’s much more to it than extending DPO.

The Working Capital Forum’s Mike Hewitt asks three leaders for their advice on this vital topic.

The average paper check costs $1.22 to process, says NACHA. So why are they still important to US corporates?

Our largest-ever group of treasury and procurement specialists met at London’s Dorchester Hotel.

Stockholm’s Berns Hotel was the venue for our first ever round table to be held in Scandinavia.