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Coface UK warns steel industry of looming credit risk

A warning of trade traps erupting from the surge in steel prices has come from Coface UK, a subsidiary of…


Factoring volumes rocket 186pc in H1

The factoring operations of Chilean banks have seen “explosive” growth in the first half of 2004. The factoring volumes for…


Factoring drives US bank’s income rise

Sterling Bancorp, the US finance house and parent company of Sterling National Bank, has reported a 14.7 per cent increase…


Latest report on the Spanish factoring industry

“Factoring activity in Spain continues to outpace the performance of the general economy, with factoring turnover in 2003 rising 18.12…


Late payments: the cheque is in the post

“If Europe is becoming as harmonised as it appears, we must ask ourselves why we still see a huge difference…


Companies Annual Report 2003 – 2004 published today

The Companies Annual Report (ISBN 0-11-515510-4 ) published by The Stationery Office contains facts and statistics on: Company Law Developments…


Atradius branch to offer credit insurance services

The world's second-largest credit insurer, Atradius Credit Insurance of the Netherlands, will soon begin selling insurance in Poland through a…


1,000 SMEs’ expansion to be supported by new loan agreement

Special bank credits totalling 10 billion yuan (US$1.2 bn) will be granted to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in East…


SMEs owing mainly to banks

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been found, on average, to owe debts to fewer than four financial institutions, the…


HSBC offers high-speed SME loan decisions

HSBC claims it can now decide loan facilities below Lm 25,000 within 60 minutes. The offer is part of the…


Atradius acquire US debt collection agency

Atradius has announced the expansion of its worldwide collection activities through the acquisition in the US of Chicago-based International Collections…


Insolvency rates close to 10-year high – Euler Hermes

The number of insolvencies in England and Wales jumped to its highest level in almost a decade last year, according…


SME banks avoid ban on new branches

The central bank's policy-making Monetary Board has approved a proposal to lift the moratorium on new bank branches provided that…


Bank lending to small business grows annually by 10%

Latest figures for banks' lending to and deposit from small businesses in the first quarter of this year show that:…


MFB supports SMEs development

The national development bank (MFB) has shed its loss-making centralised past and has become a strong financial institution solely concentrating…


Shenzhen SME-listed company in fraud scandal

Jiangsu Qionghua, one of the first group of companies listed on China's newly-established board for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…


Market leader in sales of SBA loans to SMEs

Bridge Bank, a market leader among independent banks in sales of the US Small Business Administration (SBA) loans in Northern…


Hammonds’ leadership battle

Two candidates have emerged as front-runners to become the new managing partner of Hammonds with finance head Andrew Watson and…


Funding still top concern for SMEs

Proving once again that small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) now mean big business in Singapore, a host of banks and…


Export loans to SMEs up 99%

Loans from Colombia's state-owned export development bank Bancoldex to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises grew 99% to 407bn pesos (US$153.4mn)…


Trade finance to be offered to SMEs

Kasikornbank Plc (KBANK), Thailand’s third-largest commercial bank, said that it has taken steps to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…


Latest analysis of the French Factoring Market – World Factoring…

Read this latest report from Dominique Charpentier, Director, Atradius Factoring Product ; CEO, Etoile (Bonding and Factoring) by going to…


New regulations on factoring activities by commercial banks

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reportedly formulated regulations on factoring activities by commercial banks. According to Andrey Kiyak,…


SBI looks for partner for factoring business

The State Bank of India (SBI) is looking for potential alliances for its factoring and merchant banking business, chairman A…


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