Sidetrade announces that it has signed aglobal contract with BIC, a world leader in stationery, lighters, and shavers, to deploy its cutting-edge platform in the United States and Europe. In the ever-evolving landscape of business operations, choosing the right partner for global processes is paramount. For BIC, a multinational corporation renowned for its stationery, lighter, and razor products sold in more than 160 countries, the drive to optimize its Order-to-Cash (O2C) cycle and reduce payment delays led to the decision to select Sidetrade.

Powering BIC's O2C transformation are an array of Sidetrade?s collections and dispute management offerings, as well as its new Cash App to automate the reconciliation of customers' banked payments with open invoices. Sidetrade was selected for its impressive specialization in shared service centers worldwide, profound expertise in this domain, and analytical capabilities which aligned with BIC's objective to further extend data-driven decision-making across its commercial operations.