Supply-Chain.Finance

Part Of The TRADE GATEWAYS Programme


A New Model Of Supply Chain Finance


Supply-Chain.Finance helps address some of the Funding Problems encountered by SME's

Supply chain finance aims to lower costs for both buyer and seller. It can bring stability and flexibility to these supply chains by bringing the lowest cost of capital to where it is needed most in the supply chain

Buyers use third-party funder to extend payment terms The third-party funder pays the buyer's suppliers early, giving them that liquidity. The buyer then pays that third party according to the buyer's payment terms, preserving the buyer's cash for longer.

Usually, the flow is that the suppliers ship the goods, they invoice the buyer, and the payment terms start running. The buying organization issues the payments upon expiration. Supply chain finance can extend payment terms, and is reverse factoring because it's the buyer that is financing the order rather than the supplier trying to finance it.


Supply Chain Finance Features

This consists of Connecting and Funding an enterprise buyer with a high credit rating, with a seller across the Digital Trade Gateways & B2B Marketplaces in the Programme

For banks and financiers that participate in Supply Chain Finance, the main benefit is that they earn a profit by paying a discounted rate on invoices to suppliers, and then receiving the total payment amount at a later date from the buyer. For instance, if the bank regularly pays a supplier in 10 days in exchange for a 3% discount on an invoice, and then receives full payment on the invoice from the buyer on day 30, they effectively earn a 3% profit on the invoice over a 20-day period.

The Programme allows a seller to initiate Supply Chain Finance down the chain as necessary, and as such guarantee to be a part of the Programme. It also means that the sellers can get to keep more of their money as there is less to be deducted from their invoices. All of this occurs without impacting the supplier or buyer’s balance sheet

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How does supply chain finance work?

Large multinational companies are highly likely to honour invoices from suppliers. That means the suppliers that work with them can get 100% of the value advanced from a lender, minus a small fee, once the buyer has approved the invoice for payment — because, the risk of non-payment from a Large multinational companies is low.

The Supply Chain Finance Process

  • The supplier issues an invoice to the buyer.

  • The buyer confirms that the invoice has been approved for payment to the lender.

  • The supplier gets the value straight away (minus a small fee).

  • When payment is due, the buyer pays the lender.

  • In this way, the supplier's cash flow is stabilised because they get paid within a few days, rather than waiting for the expected 'payment due date (which could be as long as 120 days).

  • Meanwhile, the buyer simultaneously benefits because they have effectively extended their payment terms without negatively impacting their suppliers. If the lender takes the payment delay, the supplier gets paid within a few days, and the buyer's working capital is untouched until their extended payment terms are over.
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    Supply Chain Finance is mutually beneficial for both buyers and suppliers because it helps both parties stabilise their cash flow. Suppliers get similar benefits to invoice financing— they get paid within a few days rather than waiting for extended payment terms. The cost can be lower because supply chain funding is based on the buyer's credit rating.

    Buyers can extend their payment terms, i.e. delay paying suppliers for longer than average, without directly putting pressure on their suppliers. Usually, it's the Supply Chain Finance company whose working capital is affected — leaving both the buyer's and supplier's working capital free to use for other business purposes.

    Supply-Chain.Finance also automates all the above process and provides additional features by using the Regional Trade Gateways listed below to execute transactions agreed at applicable B2B Marketplaces.

    Supply Chain Finance Video 2


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    Benin

    Botswana

    Burkina Faso

    Burundi

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    Cape Verde

    Central African Republic

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    Congo

    Djibouti

    Egypt

    Equatorial Guinea

    Eritrea

    Ethiopia

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    Gambia

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    Guinea

    Kenya

    Lesotho

    Liberia

    Libya

    Madagascar

    Malawi

    Mali

    Mauritania

    Mauritius

    Morocco

    Mozambique

    Namibia

    Niger

    Nigeria

    Reunion

    Rwanda

    Senegal

    Seychelles

    Sierra Leone

    Somalia

    South Africa

    Sudan

    Swaziland

    Tanzania

    Togo

    Tunisia

    Uganda

    Western Sahara

    Zambia

    Zimbabwe

    Afghanistan

    Anguilla

    Bahrain

    Bangladesh

    Bermuda

    Bhutan

    British Virgin Islands

    Brunei

    Cambodia

    Cayman Islands

    China

    Comoros

    Congo (DRC)

    Cote d'Ivoire

    East Timor

    Faroe Islands

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    Greenland

    Guadeloupe

    Guinea-Bissau

    Hong Kong

    India

    Indonesia

    Iraq

    Israel

    Japan

    Jordan

    Kazakhstan

    Kuwait

    Kyrgyzstan

    Laos

    Lebanon

    Macao SAR

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    Martinique

    Mayotte

    Mongolia

    Montserrat

    Myanmar

    Nepal

    Netherlands Antilles

    North Korea

    Oman

    others

    Others2

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    Palestine

    Philippines

    Pitcairn Islands

    Puerto Rico

    Qatar

    Others3

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    Singapore

    South Korea

    Sri Lanka

    St. Helena

    St. Pierre and Miquelon

    St. Vincent

    Taiwan

    Tajikistan

    Thailand

    Turkmenistan

    Turks and Caicos Islands

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    US Virgin Islands

    Uzbekistan

    Vanuatu

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    Yemen

    Yugoslavia

    American Samoa

    Australia

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    Cook Islands

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    French Polynesia

    Guam

    Kiribati

    Marshall Islands

    Micronesia

    Nauru

    New Caledonia

    New Zealand

    Niue

    Norfolk Island

    Northern Mariana Islands

    Palau

    Papua New Guinea

    Samoa

    Solomon Islands

    Tokelau

    Tonga

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    Wallis and Futuna

    Aland Islands

    Albania

    Andorra

    Armenia

    Austria

    Azerbaijan

    Others4

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    Finland

    France

    Georgia

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    Hungary

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    Brazil

    Chile

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    Ecuador

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    Guyana

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    Suriname

    Uruguay

    Venezuela

     

     

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