Therere about $12 trillion worth of trade receivables worldwide arising from the sale of any goods and services in cases where the buyer pays for them not immediately. It is an asset that is available to almost all companies around the world: trade, manufacturing, research, telecommunications. However, in most cases it is a dead weight that doesnt allow to extract from it the benefit that potentially exists in this amazing asset.
But what makes it so special is the ability to maintain its value even during crisis and recession. Any other asset can lose in value, but not receivables: the debt of a hundred rubles, one hundred yuan, a hundred dollars or a hundred euros will remain so.
Meanwhile, few people are trying to sell their receivables, exchange them for other assets, or mortgage them. And what really stops them? Mainly, the lack of a wide spread of necessary technologies. For example, the technologies required while working with receivables as collateral should include the ability to properly assess the portfolio of receivables as collateral, to monitor its security and quality, and to collect it if necessary. And such technologies already exist, and very soon they will become widespread.