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== Purchase-to-Pay cycle ==
=== Purchase-to-Pay cycle ===
The purchase-to-pay cycle is about the trade finance cycle between an organisation and its suppliers.
The purchase-to-pay cycle is about the trade finance cycle between an organisation and its suppliers.


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== Peer-to-peer lending ==
===Peer-to-peer lending ===
Direct lending and borrowing between non-financial businesses, contrasted with traditional bank-based lending.
Direct lending and borrowing between non-financial businesses, contrasted with traditional bank-based lending.



Revision as of 12:26, 11 February 2016

  1. Purchase-to-Pay
  2. Peer-to-peer


Purchase-to-Pay cycle

The purchase-to-pay cycle is about the trade finance cycle between an organisation and its suppliers.

The primary concerns of the purchasing organisation are normally with:

  1. Mitigating delivery risk
  2. Extending the payment cycle as far as commercially reasonable.


Peer-to-peer lending

Direct lending and borrowing between non-financial businesses, contrasted with traditional bank-based lending.


See also