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Lloyds commits £2bn to support UK exporter growth

Lloyds Banking Group has committed up to £2bn of trade finance support for UK exporters as businesses face an increasingly complex international trading environment. The funding is intended to support SMEs and mid-sized companies seeking to expand internationally, manage working...

#export finance#Lloyds#smes

NatWest and Validis automate borrower data for invoice finance

NatWest has partnered with Validis to automate the collection and standardisation of borrower financial data within its invoice finance business.…

#invoice finance#NatWest#onboarding


UK SME lending slump exposes embedded finance opportunity

UK bank lending to businesses has fallen to its lowest level in nearly three decades, intensifying concerns over whether traditional…

#alternative finance#embedded finance#fintech


BCRS passes £5mn Midlands Engine lending milestone

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


UK delays some Russia oil sanctions as energy pressure...

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 turns to efcom software for European...

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


UK adds new Russia trade sanctions as import controls...

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 expands Finastra lending stack to streamline corporate loan...

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 and BlackRock strike €15bn European private credit partnership

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


UK regulators push tokenisation from pilots toward wholesale market...

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


UKEF backing helps UK pharma exporter unlock Saudi working...

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


EU appetite for Russian-origin fuel exposes sanctions pressure in...

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

Carillion sanctions put supply chain finance disclosure back under...

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

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