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Receivables Finance: The Verification Gap After First Brands

By Igor Zaks, CFA – President, Tenzor Ltd.   In the 2022 World Supply Chain Finance Report, I wrote that the Greensill collapse had “served as a litmus test for policies and controls needed to operate supply chain finance and receivables businesses.”...

#First Brands#Greensill#invoice verification

The post-First Brands era: how receivables finance is changing...

The collapse of First Brands has become more than one of the largest alleged invoice frauds in history. It is…

#asset based lending#First Brands#Fraud Prevention


First Brands files Chapter 11 plan as receivables fraud...

First Brands Group has filed a Chapter 11 reorganisation plan and disclosure statement, marking a new stage in one of…

#asset based lending#bankruptcy#factoring


Why Did the PrimeRevenue Protection Not Work? On the...

Author Igor Zaks, CFA — President, Tenzor Ltd. (tenzor.ca) For credit investors, LPs, arrangers, and counsel evaluating receivables and supply-chain…

#buyer confirmation#factoring fraud#First Brands


What the First Brands Litigation Reveals About Industry Practice,...

When Courts Rewrite Factoring Author: Igor Zaks, CFA, President, Tenzor Ltd. The collapse of First Brands Group and the investor…

#cash dominion#factoring#First Brands


Weaknesses in US factoring programmes exposed by First Brands...

Allegations linked to First Brands are raising fresh concerns about how risk is managed across receivables finance structures, particularly in…

#factoring#First Brands#fraud


First Brands collapse exposes risks in receivables finance structures

The collapse of US automotive supplier First Brands is continuing to raise concerns across the receivables finance market, with the…

#ABL#asset based lending#collateral monitoring


Jefferies pushes back on Western Alliance claims over receivables-backed...

Jefferies Financial Group has pushed back against claims made by Western Alliance Bank regarding loans linked to receivables financing tied…

#ABL#asset based lending#First Brands


US prosecutors investigate telecom firms over US$400m in suspected...

US prosecutors are examining a group of telecommunications companies after HPS Investment Partners (HPS), the private credit arm of BlackRock,…

#asset-backed finance#BlackRock#fake receivables


From collapse to clarity: What Tricolor and First Brands...

While European banks have long integrated credit insurance into their credit risk and capital optimisation strategies, US banks have historically…

#Brown & Brown#collapse#credit insurance


US watchdog seeks independent probe into First Brands bankruptcy

The US government’s bankruptcy watchdog has requested the appointment of an independent examiner to investigate the collapse of auto parts…

#bankrupcy#First Brands


First Brands faces turmoil amid US$2bn accounting scandal

Patrick James, the founder and long-time CEO of First Brands, stepped down on Monday, just weeks after the auto parts…

#debt-finance deals#First Brands#Point Bonita

First Brands bankruptcy – implications on trade credit insurance

After several years of strong results, trade credit insurance — a cornerstone of receivables finance — is entering a more…

#First Brands#Igor Zaks#receivables finance

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