{
  "id": 12978386,
  "title": "CFOs Risk Losing Control of Working Capital One Sales Contract at a Time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/cfos-risk-losing-control-of-working-capital-one-sales-contract-at-a",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T23:27:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/loans/working-capital/2026/cfos-risk-losing-control-of-working-capital-one-sales-contract-at-a-time/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The biggest threat to a company’s working capital strategy is now commonly hiding in a perfectly drawn up sales contract, not an overdue invoice. Finance departments can automate collections, optimize cash forecasts and accelerate reconciliation. But when commercial teams negotiate longer payment terms to win customers, the cost of financing growth gets decided before treasury enters the…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}