London, 30 April 2020 – As the vast majority of production operations grind to a halt in the midst of the pandemic lockdown, the resulting severe cash restrictions make optimization of working capital paramount for any company. Savvy banks can strengthen the services they extend to core enterprises by increasing the support of working capital loans to small-and-midsize-business suppliers, easing tight liquidity in the upstream and downstream of industrial supply networks. This report describes consolidated practices for financial institutions ready to embark on the SCF journey and to follow a structured and disciplined process flow.

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