Receivables finance: where will you compete next?

Moving beyond business-as-usual to business-as-future

Andrew Betts, Chief Growth Officer at CredAble and former Head of Receivables Finance, UK & Europe, at HSBC, explores the probable, possible and preferable futures of receivables finance, and the forces that could shape them.

The receivables finance business of tomorrow could look very different from the one we know today. The way finance is delivered, decisions are made, clients are served and value is created could follow very different paths, influenced by developments already taking shape and others still on the horizon.

For receivables finance firms, this opens up a much wider range of possibilities. Advances in connected data, generative AI and automation, alongside new business models and ways of delivering finance, could create new ways to originate, deliver and manage finance. Which of these changes will your business lead, and which will it follow?

In the Receivables Finance Connect session, “Leaning into the Future of Receivables Finance”, Mike Symes, Community Leader at Receivables Finance Connect, puts these questions to Andrew Betts.

Andrew brings nearly a decade of experience leading HSBC’s receivables finance business across the UK and Europe, alongside his current work at the intersection of fintech and financial services innovation.

Using the Futures Cone framework introduced by Trevor Hancock and Clement Bezold, this quick-fire interview examines three futures: the Probable, where lenders compete on execution for the same clients; the Possible, where AI, connected data and automation could drive a flight to quality through better decisions, more consistent processes and stronger visibility; and the Preferable, where platforms, embedded finance and forward-looking insight help lenders anticipate risks and opportunities, and respond more effectively to businesses’ needs.

In this session you will:

Identify where client experience and operational execution can distinguish your offering while protecting credit discipline and returns.
See which developments in AI, connected data and automation could make a practical difference and what implementation requires.
Anticipate how platforms, embedded finance and earlier insight could change client service, risk visibility and lending decisions.

The Receivables Finance Connect Conference is headline sponsored by Dancerace.

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The Finance Connect UK Autumn Conference 2026 is supported by Odessa as Event Partner, with Alfa as Headline Sponsor of the Asset Finance community stream and Dancerace as Headline Sponsor of the Receivables Finance Connect Conference.