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Africa trade finance gap tops US$74bn as banks retreat

Africa’s trade finance gap has widened to more than US$74bn, underlining the pressure facing exporters, importers and banks across the continent. The African Development Bank warned that the shortfall has grown as international banks reduce correspondent relationships and domestic lenders...

#Africa#African Development Bank#correspondent banking

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


Drip Capital and YES BANK target MSME trade finance...

Drip Capital has partnered with YES BANK to expand trade finance access for Indian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, adding…

#Drip Capital#export finance#fintech


Supply chain finance convergence returns as standalone systems show...

Supply Chain Finance Moves Beyond the Standalone Revisited Originally published in 2012. Republished and updated in May 2026. In 2012,…

#asset based lending#CODIX#factoring


BYD supply chain finance shift puts supplier payments under...

BYD is moving away from a long-running supplier payment model that relied heavily on extended payment cycles, putting renewed attention…

#BYD#China#EV supply chains


MIGA targets $6.4bn Africa guarantees to unlock private capital

The World Bank Group’s guarantee platform is aiming to more than double annual guarantee issuance in Africa to $6.4bn by…

#Africa#development finance#guarantees


ByzFunder launches $165mn small business ABS deal

US specialty finance company ByzFunder has launched its first small business asset-backed securitisation, creating a $165mn structure backed by business…

#asset-backed securitisation#ByzFunder#private credit


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


BPL launches reinsurance division as credit risk demand grows

Credit and political risk insurance broker BPL has launched a dedicated reinsurance division as demand grows for capacity across credit,…

#BPL#political risk insurance#reinsurance


JP Morgan brings digital bill of exchange product to...

JP Morgan Payments is expanding its electronic bills of exchange product to the US, giving fresh momentum to the digitisation…

#bills of exchange#digital trade#JP Morgan


Force majeure disputes rise as Middle East conflict tests...

Commodity traders are facing growing legal and financing risk as the Middle East conflict tests force majeure clauses and performance…

#commodity finance#force majeure#Middle East


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

SAP Taulia adds AI tools to working capital platform

SAP Taulia has added new artificial intelligence tools to its working capital platform, extending automation across cash forecasting, supplier finance…

#AI#receivables finance#SAP Taulia

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