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Modernising Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) for 2025

Future CFO

In the evolving financial landscape of Asia, managing Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) has become a critical focus for finance leaders aiming to optimise cash flow and sustain business growth. Regional payment practices and invoice processing challenges Asia's diversity in payment culture and regulatory frameworks presents unique challenges.

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How to Keep Cash Flow Strong by Managing Customer Credit Risk

CFO Talks

How to Keep Cash Flow Strong by Managing Customer Credit Risk Imagine your business is buzzing, sales are growing, and orders are coming in strong. Yet, when you look at the cash flow, something’s off – money isn’t lining up with the sales you’re making. This disconnect often comes down to one critical issue: customer credit risk.

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The Invoice Lands In The Corporate Cyber Fraud Spotlight

PYMNTS

Although there are countless ways a cybercriminal can swindle funds from a company — either from the outside or within — it’s often the invoice at the center of the crime. This week’s Data Digest looks at the latest in B2B payments fraud and the invoice’s role in supplier payment redirect scams, credential theft and more.

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Winning The Battle Against ‘Invoice Leakage’

PYMNTS

To that end, Ajay Agrawal , CEO and founder of SirionLabs , told PYMNTS, “invoice leakage” occurs when firms do not have the ability to review invoices from their suppliers on a “granular level,” which leads to missed opportunities to spot discrepancies.

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Accelerate Cash Flow: 6 Tactics to Improve AR Performance

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

While it's tempting to assume that slow payments are solely a customer-side problem, many of the most common causes originate within your own operations: inaccurate invoices, format mismatches with accounts payable (AP) systems, outdated payment options, and overly liberal credit policies. Use escalating tone and cadence to reflect urgency.

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VCs Looking For FinTech Firms To Solve The Pain Of Unpaid Invoices

PYMNTS

This week, Barclays and Santander InnoVentures demonstrated traditional banks’ interest in alternative finance when they led a nearly $34 million equity fundraise for invoice financing platform MarketInvoice. million in Series B financing for the firm, which will be used for sales, marketing and product innovation, a press release said.

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Understanding and Managing Business Risks: Lessons from Hurricane Helene

CFO Simplified

Louis, MO Sales − $18,000,000 Ownership – Husband and wife, with a grandson serving as COO. They were 6 weeks behind in invoicing. With between 500 and 2,000 AP invoices needing to be entered, the owners insisted that each invoice be matched to the job that they belonged to, so that project profitability could be measured.