Spain’s supply chain finance (SCF) market is expanding. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) need working capital, banks are tightening lending, and trade finance is moving online. Today, Spanish SCF represents a few billion euros in outstanding volume. Market reports suggest this will reach roughly €12 billion by 2033. Globally, fee-based…
The world’s largest companies hold $1.7 trillion in idle cash. They tie up this money by managing their working capital poorly. Working capital management controls daily cash flow—the gap between your receivables, your inventory, and your payables. Manage this gap well, and you finance your own growth. Manage it poorly,…
The core principle: keep the buyer’s role limited to invoice approval, maintain commercially-driven payment terms, and never let the buyer guarantee the financier’s exposure. When applied correctly, these principles are generally supportive of trade payable classification rather than financial debt treatment — though the ultimate accounting treatment will always depend…
Healthy cash flow is increasingly the line between companies that can invest and those forced into defensive decisions. Late payments, tighter access to finance, and global disruptions have turned liquidity management into a strategic discipline, not just an operational task. The MACM Annual Credit Conference 2026, marking 25 years of…
In every glamorous supply chain story, there is a star. Usually, it is the big buyer: the global retailer, the car manufacturer, the electronics brand whose logo shines on billboards and packaging. Around that star, a whole galaxy of smaller companies quietly orbit – component makers, packaging providers, logistics firms,…
The global economy thrives on connection. Every order placed in London, Shenzhen, or San Francisco sets off a silent chain reaction of production, logistics, and finance across continents. This intertwined web of suppliers and partners forms the invisible backbone of commerce-the supply chain. But as recent years have proven, that…
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