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The first estimates for the factoring industry worldwide in 2020 have been announced today by the FCI’s Peter Mulroy. Factoring declines were recorded in most regions except Asia Pacific.

Factoring, as an important method to extend credit, is a type of financial transaction where the creditor assigns its receivables to an assignee at a discount. In recent years, there has been a large growth of factoring transactions around the world.

Teaching businesses to unlock working capital and grow their operations through factoring education programmes (FCI)

African trade finance literature is often trusted by SMEs and usually omits domestic financial institutional challenges, especially in the Francophone markets.

GSCFF updated its Standard Definitions for the Corporate Payment Undertaking (CPU), Dynamic Discounting (DD) and Bank Payment Undertaking (BPU).

Global Supply Chain Finance Forum issues payables finance guidance to drive further clarity on terms and techniques

EUF plays an important role for our industry today more than ever and confirming FCI’s support regarding the lobbying of the new definition of default with the EBA.

The CFI.co judges have conferred on FCI the 2020 award for Best Trade Finance Innovator Global 2020. Highlights of the judging panel’s findings include:  FCI is the global representative body for the factoring and open-account… read more →

TFG has released its latest issue of Trade Finance Talks entitled ‘Coronavirus & The Fourth Industrial Revolution’.

With factoring and receivables finance volumes continuing to show modest growth around the world, TFG caught up with FCI’s Secretary General, Peter Mulroy, in an association update for the latest issue of Trade Finance Talks.

The FCI Annual Review is a globally recognised publication in the world of Factoring and Receivables Finance.

Debtor Finance is a simple, viable alternative to consider for relatively quick access to working capital funding.

Amsterdam, 4 June 2020: The growth of the factoring industry in 2019 continued its upward trend and the reported figures indicate an increase of over 5% to reach 2,917 billion… read more →

Unpacking previous events, TFG heard from FCI’s Secretary General Peter Mulroy, comparing how the factoring and receivables industry has fared during previous crises and what we can learn moving forwards.