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5 Reads Worth Your Time This Summer

Five working capital and supply chain finance reads for summer 2026: reports from the IFC, PwC, and OECD, plus two fast reads from the C2FO blog.


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Summer tends to slow the pace just enough to catch up on the research and stories piling up in your bookmarks. If you work in working capital, supply chain finance, or cash flow strategy, here are five picks that our team keeps coming back to: three deep-dive reports for when you have time to settle in, and two fast reads from our own blog for when you don’t.

The Deep Dives: Reports

1. IFC: Connecting SMEs With Equitable Access to Working Capital (March 2025)

A report from the International Finance Corporation examining C2FO’s work expanding working capital access for small and medium enterprises in emerging markets. Read the report

2. C2FO and PwC: Modernizing Supply Chain Finance (November 2025)

A joint white paper exploring how technology-enabled solutions are making supply chain finance faster and more accessible for Buyers and Suppliers alike. Read the white paper

3. Business at OECD: The Business Case for Financial Literacy (2026)

An OECD report on how financial literacy strengthens supply chains, featuring a case study on C2FO’s training initiative with Arçelik and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Read C2FO’s coverage or the full OECD report

The Fast Reads

4. Why Cash Velocity Is the New Backbone of Global Supply Chains (April 2026)

A look at the launch of CycleFlow, powered by C2FO, in Nigeria, and the $500 billion-plus funding milestone behind it. Features on-the-record perspectives from Nigeria’s SEC Director-General, its Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, the CEOs of Flour Mills of Nigeria and MTN Nigeria, an IFC Regional Director, and C2FO Founder and CEO Alexander “Sandy” Kemper. Read the article

5. Production Financing Guide: Fund the Full Production Life Cycle Without Disrupting Cash Flow (February 2026)

A quick-hit guide on how production financing helps manufacturing suppliers cover upfront costs, including the five factors to weigh when evaluating a lender. Read the guide

Pick one, or read them all. Either way, you’ll walk into fall with a sharper view of where working capital and supply chain finance are headed.

Recommended by the C2FO team.

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