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Private credit targets English football clubs with squad-value loans...

Private-credit lenders are increasingly targeting English football clubs with loans calculated against the estimated value of their playing squads, introducing a form of asset-backed finance that relies partly on future player transfers rather than existing receivables. The structures can provide...

#23 Capital#asset-backed finance#collateral valuation

Intuit agrees to acquire Sequence to expand AI-driven B2B...

Intuit has agreed to acquire London-based revenue management company Sequence, expanding its presence in business-to-business invoicing, collections and automated revenue…

#accounts receivable#artificial intelligence#B2B invoicing


WFY’26: Portugal’s factoring market passes €50bn as penetration reaches...

Portugal’s factoring industry reached a historic milestone in 2025, with total turnover surpassing €50bn for the first time as domestic…

#ALF#confirming#factoring


UK SME late payments rise to 63%, government survey...

Late payments became a problem for 63% of UK small and medium-sized employers offering credit to customers in 2025, an…

#factoring#invoice discounting#late payments


UKEF backs £150,000 Nighthawk Export Finance loan for HydroSurv...

UK Export Finance has guaranteed a £150,000 trade loan provided by Nighthawk Export Finance to HydroSurv, an Exeter-based manufacturer of…

#export working capital#government guarantees#HydroSurv


eCapital survey: 15% of UK B2B SMEs face survival-threatening...

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

#business survival#eCapital#invoice finance


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

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

#early payments#embedded finance#freight factoring


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…

#commodity finance#Glencore#invoice verification


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…

#Airbus#aircraft finance#aviation leasing


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…

#alternative lending#asset-based finance#Eurazeo


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

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

#bank capital relief#credit risk sharing#energy transition


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

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

#Bibby Financial Services#factoring#fintech

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

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

#AIB#Bank of Ireland#business investment

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