If your customers pay you X amount in advance and you hold that money for 30 days, you are X amount richer all the time. Imagine running a business with $10 bil

If your customers pay you X amount in advance and you hold that money for 30 days, you are X amount richer all the time. Imagine running a business with $10 billion in revenue but without profit and that starts to make sense. Typically, companies try to pay their bills as late as possible. I think there's also some 'professional' term for this type of cash handling, which I don't know. So, you can pay them immediately, but you'll have to operate with less money in your bank account.