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Court ruling sharpens South Sudan oil finance dispute

A London court has rejected BB Energy’s attempt to block the sale of three South Sudanese oil cargoes worth around US$180mn, intensifying scrutiny of prepayment lending and creditor protection in high-risk commodity finance. The dispute centres on South Sudanese oil...

#BB Energy#commodity finance#creditor risk

FCA warns firms to strengthen sanctions compliance controls

The Financial Conduct Authority has warned financial institutions that sanctions compliance remains an area of significant supervisory focus, as geopolitical…

#compliance#FCA#risk management


Agentic AI moves into accounts receivable as firms target...

The agentic era has arrived, and it’s rewriting cash flow rules  Author: Dave Ruda, VP Product at Billtrust  “We were…

#accounts receivable#AI#collections


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…

#export finance#Lloyds#smes


Finastra launches analytics tool to reduce loan application abandonment

Finastra has launched Data Insights 2.0, a new analytics platform designed to help lenders identify where borrowers abandon mortgage applications…

#analytics#banking technology#digital origination


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


India reviews MSME lending as trade disruption raises working...

India's finance ministry is reviewing lending conditions for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises as policymakers seek to protect credit flows…

#banking#India#MSME finance


Trade investigations create new compliance challenge for exporters and...

Governments are increasingly using trade investigations as a foundation for retaliatory measures, creating a more complex compliance environment for exporters,…

#compliance#exporters#sanctions


UNCTAD warns geopolitical shocks continue to threaten global trade

The global economy remains vulnerable to geopolitical shocks, energy market disruption and financial instability despite signs of resilience in early…

#geopolitical risk#global trade#trade finance


US strikes near Hormuz raise fresh commodity finance risk

Fresh US military strikes near the Strait of Hormuz have added a new layer of uncertainty for commodity finance markets…

#commodity finance#sanctions#shipping risk


ADB trade finance activity jumps as Hormuz crisis squeezes...

The Asian Development Bank has reported a sharp rise in trade finance activity as Asian markets face pressure from the…

#ADB#Asia#development finance


South Sudan oil sales expose commodity finance risk after...

South Sudan sold US$731mn of oil despite debt arrears, raising fresh questions over prepayment structures, creditor protection and commodity finance…

#Afreximbank#commodity finance#debt arrears

Afreximbank expands Zimbabwe SME export finance push

Afreximbank has extended a US$15mn SME finance facility to Ecobank Zimbabwe to support small businesses operating in export value chains.…

#AfCFTA#Afreximbank#Ecobank Zimbabwe

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