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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
The Financial Conduct Authority has warned financial institutions that sanctions compliance remains an area of significant supervisory focus, as geopolitical…
#compliance#FCA#risk management
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 Banking Group has committed up to £2bn of trade finance support for UK exporters as businesses face an increasingly…
#export finance#Lloyds#smes
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 has partnered with Validis to automate the collection and standardisation of borrower financial data within its invoice finance business.…
#invoice finance#NatWest#onboarding
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
Governments are increasingly using trade investigations as a foundation for retaliatory measures, creating a more complex compliance environment for exporters,…
#compliance#exporters#sanctions
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
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
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 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 has extended a US$15mn SME finance facility to Ecobank Zimbabwe to support small businesses operating in export value chains.…
#AfCFTA#Afreximbank#Ecobank Zimbabwe