About this event
Economic uncertainty, shifting trade patterns, changing lender behaviour, and growing concerns around fraud and counterparty risk are reshaping the working capital landscape. At the same time, transaction data shows significant divergence across industries, payment behaviours, and regions, creating both risks and opportunities for corporates.
Join industry experts from FIS, PwC and the Working Capital Forum as they explore insights from the latest Pulse of Global Trade report alongside real-world perspectives from banks and non-bank funders. Together, we'll examine what current market signals reveal about liquidity, supply chain resilience, funding availability, and receivables finance trends, and discuss how corporates can position themselves to access capital, strengthen supplier ecosystems, and navigate uncertainty with confidence.
Whether you're evaluating supply chain finance, receivables finance, or broader working capital strategies, this session will provide an end-to-end view of today's funding environment and the practical actions finance leaders should be considering now.
Key Takeaways
- Understand what the latest trade and working capital data reveals about sector trends, payment behavior, liquidity pressures, and emerging risks across global markets.
- Gain insight into changing lender sentiment including bank and non-bank funding appetite, fraud and counterparty risk considerations, transactional considerations, and pricing dynamics.
- Learn how leading organizations are adapting their working capital strategies to improve resilience, optimize liquidity, access funding, and support growth in an increasingly selective financing environment.
Hosted by
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External speaker
Katie Foster Director, Distribution @ FISE
Responsible for the Distribution Team at FIS SCF (formerly Demica), a provider of advisory and technology services to banks and corporates with c. $50bn of assets under administration on the platform: -Managing a network of over 200 investors, including bank and non bank lenders. -Sourcing lenders for corporate transactions, ranging from $25m to $2.5bn across receivables securitisation, receivables finance and payables finance.
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Team member
Mike Hewitt Director @ The Working Capital ForumT
Mike has been CEO of Adaugeo Media, the company behind The Working Capital Forum, since 2012. Before that he was CEO of the European operations of the Association for Financial Professionals. Mike is a regular speaker, writer and moderator on working capital and treasury management topics.
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External speaker
Adam Taplinger Partner @ PwCE
Adam is a Partner in PwC’s Consulting Financial & Treasury Management practice. Since starting in this field, Adam has focused his support on risk and control frameworks and organizational designs, global cash and banking strategies and cash forecasting implementations. More specifically, Adam has helped organizations redesign their global payments strategy in line with back office transformations. In addition, Adam has led numerous acquisition integrations, mergers and divestitures focused on both pre and post deal related activities including but not limited to; cash and liquidity analysis, working capital adjustments and overall treasury day one operational readiness. Adam holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Finance and Accounting from Lehigh University.
The Working Capital Forum
Where Treasury, Payments and Procurement MeetThe Working Capital Forum is a networking group for those in treasury, payments and procurement with a shared interest in optimising working capital. We hold regular conferences and meetings in global financial centres, both online and in our legendary round-table lunches.
