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WFY’26: Why poor data can undermine factoring, SCF and AI

Data quality is becoming a critical issue for factoring and supply chain finance providers as automation and artificial intelligence take…


eCapital survey: 15% of UK B2B SMEs face survival-threatening cash-flow…

More than one in seven UK business-to-business SMEs surveyed by eCapital say severe cash-flow pressure is threatening their survival, while…


TEG SmartPay processes £478m in UK freight payments, including £418m…

TEG's SmartPay platform has processed £478m in payments to UK haulage businesses since launch, with £418m of that total handled…


African Development Bank and Mashreq sign African trade finance guarantee…

The African Development Bank Group has signed an agreement with Dubai-based Mashreq allowing the bank to obtain guarantees covering up…


Kampala Capital expands O’Connor warehouse facility to up to US$80m…

Mexican non-bank lender Kampala Capital has extended and increased a warehouse financing facility with private funds managed by O'Connor Capital…


Oxford Finance closes cross-border ABL revolving facility for North American…

Oxford Finance has closed a cross-border asset-based lending revolving credit facility for North American bicycle distributor HLC, providing a new…


Jefferies fund alleges US$900m Radiant World receivables fraud

A trade-finance fund managed by Jefferies-linked Point Bonita Capital has alleged that documents supporting almost US$900m of iron ore receivables…


IndiGo closes US$328m Citi and Credendo export credit financing

Indian airline IndiGo has closed a US$328m aircraft-financing transaction with Citi and Belgium's export credit agency Credendo, establishing a new…


Bahrain’s invoice fraud registry gains NBB as first anchor bank

Bahrain's National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has become the first participating bank and anchor banking partner in the country's Trade…


Wavo raises €10m for inventory finance expansion in France

French inventory-financing specialist Wavo has raised €10m in new funding, backed by investors including Eurazeo, as it seeks to expand…


ING and PGGM agree €5bn project-finance credit risk sharing transaction

ING has entered into a credit risk-sharing transaction with Dutch pension investment manager PGGM covering a €5bn portfolio of project-finance…


WFY’26: Netherlands factoring rebounds to €165bn as new law opens…

The Dutch factoring market returned to growth in 2025, with total transferred volume rising 5.3% to €165bn after declining the…


Ireland doubles EIB-backed SME loan scheme to €1bn until 2029

Ireland has doubled the capacity of its government-backed Growth and Sustainability Loan Scheme to €1bn, adding €500m in potential lending…


7X launches ADEED Finance with five UAE banking and finance…

UAE trade and logistics group 7X has launched a dedicated financing channel within its ADEED supply-chain platform, bringing five financial…


UpTik invoice financing disbursements jump 275% in six months

Indian invoice-financing platform UpTik has reported a 275% increase in monthly disbursements over six months, providing a measure of the…


Austrade export deals reach A$8.8bn in 2025–26, up 26%

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission helped facilitate an estimated A$8.8bn (approximately US$6.13bn) in export deals during the 2025–26 financial…


WFY’26: Germany’s factoring market grows 6.2% to €423.5bn despite weak…

Germany’s factoring market expanded strongly in 2025 despite weak economic growth, elevated energy costs and rising corporate insolvencies, with total…


Trade finance shifts as EBRD backs new corridors and supply-chain…

Resilience redraws the trade finance map As trade corridors shift across Central and Eastern Europe and beyond, banks, multilaterals and…


US small-business bankruptcies rise 46% as Chapter 11 filings increase…

US small-business restructuring filings increased 46% during the first nine months of 2026, highlighting mounting financial pressure on smaller companies…


Iridium Credit raises US$3m for automated invoice verification and factoring…

Iridium Credit has raised US$3m to expand an invoice-verification platform designed to help factoring companies check entire receivables portfolios rather…


AIRA Factoring exceeds THB1bn in digital supply chain finance with…

Thailand's AIRA Factoring has surpassed THB1bn (approximately US$29.8m) in cumulative digital supply-chain financing transactions through a platform developed with NEC…


CG Debt Capital Markets arranges US$18m receivables and inventory-backed financing

A US industrial forging business has secured US$18m in senior secured credit facilities backed by receivables, inventory and equipment, providing…


KFH activates digital supplier-financing programme for Beyon in Bahrain

Kuwait Finance House Bahrain has activated a digital supply-chain finance programme for Beyon, giving the telecommunications group's local and international…


Trafigura wins US$11m trade-finance fraud appeal over forged coal contracts

Commodity trader Trafigura has defeated an appeal by Rasmala Trade Finance Fund in a dispute arising from more than US$22.6m…


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