Global Analysis

Alibaba Group announced it would launch a micro credit e-platform in June this year.

The Commercial Finance Association has announced dates for the Annual International Lending Conference and its 69th Annual Convention.

Telefonica secures USD1 billion loan.

 

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp and Granti bank plan to cooperate on export credit agency financing and provision of financial advisory services.

Import/export trade credit supporting global trade channels empowers entrepreneurs and enables small business owners, especially amidst an environment where many banks have been tight and reluctant on extending credit. Chris Chang CEO of DS-Concept Factoring Inc. explains why.

Special web portal optimises interaction between factor and clients / all documents available at all times / new release with extensive filter and export function is announced by fidis GmbH Anyone who uses factoring as a financing instrument or provides it as a factor knows what a flood of information is circulating about purchase and payment transactions every day. What seriously complicates the situation is that factoring institutions usually send out their information by normal post or email.

Small business employees wasting their time on financial processes, a new research says. Complex manual financial processes are demanding more time and resources from employees, reducing resources for non-financial tasks.

Factorscan reports exclusively on education in the factoring industry in an environment where those organisations which have the best trained workforce will dominate the market.

IBcontacts, the Ukrainian consulting company, opens up new opportunities for business from Croatia.