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Private-credit defaults hit five-year highs at major listed lenders

Credit deterioration is becoming more visible across some of the largest publicly traded private-credit portfolios, increasing pressure on a market…


The UK’s 60-day cap could rewrite the economics of payables…

For years, one of the uncomfortable questions surrounding supply chain finance has been whether the product helps suppliers get paid…


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Receivables Finance: The Verification Gap After First Brands

By Igor Zaks, CFA – President, Tenzor Ltd.   In the 2022 World Supply Chain Finance Report, I wrote that the Greensill…


AI Data Enrichment in Supply Chain Finance

By George Shapiro, Executive Chairman; Vishnu Kumar, Chief Financial Engineer; and Sabeen Ahmed, Chief Credit Officer, The Interface Financial Group…


Would FIFA’s failed US$20bn plan have created governance risk for…

FIFA’s abandoned plan to sell a stake in its commercial operations was presented publicly as an equity transaction. Beneath that…


Europe’s heatwave turns crop losses into a working-capital test

Severe heat and drought across Europe are placing pressure on grain output, creating a potential working-capital squeeze for farmers, food…


From funding to infrastructure: why receivables finance is becoming embedded…

For much of its history, receivables finance has been defined by one question: how quickly can a business access funding…


World Factoring Yearbook 2026 specialist articles chart the next phase…

New expert perspectives connect artificial intelligence, data quality, fraud prevention, market infrastructure and policy-led growth  The specialist articles in the…


Bibby urges government to widen SME funding beyond traditional loans

The UK government’s plans to expand access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises should be matched by greater awareness…


Why the ICC Trade Register’s and FCI’s factoring expansion could…

This article accompanies BCR's exclusive interview with FCI Deputy Secretary General Betül Kurtuluş and Deutsche Bank's Christian Hausherr, Business Product…


The post-First Brands era: how receivables finance is changing after…

The collapse of First Brands has become more than one of the largest alleged invoice frauds in history. It is…


WFY’26: When due diligence is not enough

Lessons from Greensill, First Brands, and HPS/Carriox Recent failures at Greensill Capital, First Brands, and HPS/Carriox have exposed fundamental weaknesses…


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