Supply Chain Finance has become an industry buzzword. The term "Supply Chain Finance" can be broadly interpreted to encompass any financing solution that supports the buyer/seller supply chain, whether it be domestic or global.

Today, CFOs and Treasurers of corporations are increasingly becoming responsible for Trade and Supply Chain finance solutions, yet there is a general confusion as to how Trade and SCF works and the role of different players. For example, today's buzz words include reverse factoring, vendor financing, payables financing, receivables purchasing and trade payables backed financing, which all tend to be variations on the theme of the umbrella term supply chain finance. These all refer to post-shipment finance programs.

In this directory, you will find profiles of the leading global supply chain finance solution providers as well as detailed information on trade finance and supply chain finance issues.

The Table of Contents

Section A: Overview

1. The Problem Defined and the Current Environment
2. Market Segmentation
3. Import and Export solutions
4. Data triggered Supply Chain Finance - is it working?
5. Legal Issues around SCF
6. Key CFO Evaluation Criteria

Section B: Key SCF players

1. Supply Chain Finance Platform Examples
2. Information and Credit Enhancement Managers
3. Exchanges
4. Liquidity & Funding Providers