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UK bank lending to businesses has fallen to its lowest level in nearly three decades, intensifying concerns over whether traditional finance is reaching SMEs at the point they need capital. Boston Consulting Group data cited in recent coverage shows lending...
#alternative finance#embedded finance#fintech
BCRS Business Loans has passed £5mn in lending through the British Business Bank’s Midlands Engine Investment Fund II, supporting SMEs…
#BCRS Business Loans#British Business Bank#Midlands Engine Investment Fund
The UK has delayed the implementation of some sanctions on Russian oil and liquefied natural gas as higher energy prices…
#commodity finance#energy security#LNG
A.B.S. Global Factoring has signed a software licence agreement with efcom as the German receivables finance provider looks to scale…
#A.B.S. Global Factoring#Efcom#Europe
The UK has introduced a fresh package of trade sanctions against Russia, widening import controls and increasing compliance pressure across…
#compliance#export controls#import controls
NORD/LB is expanding its partnership with Finastra by adding Loan IQ Nexus and Loan Portal to its lending infrastructure, strengthening…
#banking technology#corporate lending#Finastra
Citi has struck a €15bn private credit partnership with BlackRock’s HPS Investment Partners, adding another sign that banks and asset…
#alternative finance#BlackRock#Citi
The FCA and Bank of England have set out a shared vision for tokenisation in UK wholesale markets, giving financial…
#Bank of England#DLT#FCA
UK Export Finance has backed a Hertfordshire pharmaceutical exporter with insurance that helped unlock additional HSBC UK working capital for…
#export finance#HSBC#Saudi Arabia
European buyers are continuing to show appetite for Russian-origin fuel despite sanctions pressure, underlining the compliance challenges facing commodity traders,…
#commodity finance#compliance#EU
The UK’s accounting regulator has sanctioned former Carillion finance chiefs, bringing supply chain finance disclosure back into focus after one…
#accounting#Carillion#corporate governance
The UK government has put late payments back at the centre of its small business agenda, with new legislation expected…
#late payments#receivables finance#regulation
Sanctions licensing delays left $88.9mn of non-payment insurance claims unpaid on time last year, adding a new layer of uncertainty…
#claims#compliance#non-payment insurance