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Through the power of digital payments, treasurers will not only eradicate human-errors, but they can be confident that the source of their data is reliable and brings long-term strategic benefits.

Trade credit insurance provider, Atradius, identified maintaining a steady cash flow as key difficulty for Asian corporates in 2014.

After a standard analysis by CT and S&P Capital IQ of advertising agencies' DSO revealed substantial delay of payments, Asia-based finance executives of the world’s largest ad firms have fought back claiming standard industry billing practices are mitigating factors in collections.

Advertising industry reps took to the front page of the Financial Times to gripe about clients extending payment terms. CT looked at the accounting statements of the largest publicly-traded agencies in Asia and the world to gauge how bad the situation is.

Asian companies were hit by extended days sales outstanding periods between 2011 and 2012, according to an Atradius payments survey. Indian, Indonesian and Chinese companies were impacted most.