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Boeing Capital proves its worth – FT comment

Compared with the glamour and engineering dexterity on display in a tour round one of Boeing's aircraft factories in Seattle, it is easy to see why Boeing Capital, its finance arm, located nearby in an anonymous blue-mirrored building, tends to...

#banks#commercial finance#financial services

SME lending projected to double this year

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) will apply for far more loans than last year, according to a survey conducted by…

#bank#SME lending#SME loans


Merger on hold for Credit Agricole’s factoring unit

The factoring divisions of French banking groups, Credit Agricole and Credit Lyonnais, have made considerably less progress in merging than…


Miami factoring scam – four plead guilty

Four men pleaded guilty to defrauding a Portuguese bank branch of US$170m through a sophisticated conspiracy that lasted nearly a…

#bank#Bill#Paid


Singapore bank lacks factoring presence, despite BoA buy –...

The 22bn baht purchase of an 80 per cent stake in the Bank of Asia by United Overseas Bank (UOB),…

#acquisition#bank#banks


Chief executive of UK factor resigns ahead of interim...

Potential Finance Group plc, the UK finance company, says the benefits of a recent restructuring of operations first outlined last…

#commercial finance#factoring industry#interest


Equifax launches web-based debt and fraud tool for SMEs

Equifax Plc, the business information provider, has launched eDecision, an online credit application processing and scoring solution aimed at providing…

#Equifax#fraud detection#risk


Over a third of SMEs paid same invoice twice...

Many small businesses are throwing money down the drain by accidentally paying bills twice, with some companies losing up to…


Business failures fall to a six-year low

The number of businesses going bust is set to fall to a six-year low by the end of 2005 as…

#insolvency#international#International Trade


UK asset finance volumes set to outstrip US, Germany

The use of equipment investment and leasing is predicted to grow in the US, the UK and Germany in 2004,…

#cash-flow#financial services#leasing


Small businesses to benefit from Sh2.7bn funding

Kenya's fast growing small- and medium-sized enterprises are to receive a crucial boost from World Bank restructuring funding to the…

#bank#international#management


Chinese exporters urged to increase credit insurance cover

Chinese exporters of farm produce were urged today (May 12) to have their US$16bn worth of agricultural products covered by…

#export credit insurance#exporters#exports

GE on verge of $2bn deal for rival’s commercial...

GE is close to buying the commercial finance portfolio of Boeing Capital Corporation for about $2bn. The disposal of the…

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