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In an electronic supply chain finance system, a method of enabling a buyer to apply credit against accounts receivable owed to a supplier by the buyer, comprising receiving a payment obligation from the buyer, the payment obligation having a payment value and a payment maturity date and being associated with an underlying accounts receivable from the buyer to the supplier, receiving a credit note from the buyer, the credit note having a credit value and a credit maturity date and being associated with the underlying accounts receivable from the buyer to the supplier, presenting the payment obligation to a financial institution as if the payment value has been reduced according to the credit value, and upon or before the payment maturity date, reducing the payment value of the payment obligation according to the credit value of the credit note.
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