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Saudi debt crowdfunding marketplace Lendo secures $28m in Series...

Lendo, a Saudi Arabia-based shariah-compliant debt crowdfunding marketplace, has raised SAR 105m (US$28m) in Series B funding led by Sanabil Investments, a wholly-owned company by the Public Investment Fund (“PIF”). The round saw participation from Shorooq Partners, AB Ventures, and...

#alternative financing#debt financing#Lendo

WFY’23: ‘Factoring volume has been growing over the last...

Factoring volume has been growing over the last few years since its introduction to the Egyptian market in 2005, said…

#World Factoring Yearbook


Egypt’s Beltone signs its first factoring agreement

Beltone Financial Holding ("Beltone"), one of the fastest growing financial institutions, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Beltone Leasing and…

#financial institutions#leasing#Propel


UAE fintech startup Flow48 secures $25 million in pre-Series...

UAE-based fintech start-up Flow48, which provides SMEs with access to revenue-based financing, has secured US$25m in a pre-Series A funding…

#financial services#insurance#SME lending


African Development Bank supports Commercial International Bank with US$148m...

African Development Bank has signed a US$148m funding agreement for Commercial International Bank of Egypt to support trade finance and…

#African Development Bank


Beltone receives regulatory approval to provide factoring services in...

Beltone Financial Holding (Beltone), one of the fastest growing financial institutions in Egypt, announces its consolidated financial and operational results…

#acquisition#digital#financial services


SME Finance Facilitator programme unveiled in Abu Dhabi

The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) has launched the SME Finance Facilitator programme, in partnership with the Emirates…

#SME lending


DP World Trade Finance joins UTC platform to combat...

DP World Trade Finance has partnered with UAE Trade Connect (UTC) to combat invoice fraud across the UAE and revolutionise…

#DP World Trade Finance#UAE Trade Connect


Moroccan youth-led lending institutions receive a €100m investment from...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced that it is set to channel €100m in credit lines to…

#SME lending


Saudi EXIM supports non-oil exporter

The Saudi Export-Import Bank (EXIM Bank) has entered into an agreement with Obeikan AGC Glass Company for an export credit…

#Exim Bank#export credit insurance#trade credit insurance


African Development Bank approves €100m risk participation agreement with...

African Development Bank approves €100m Risk Participation Agreement with Attijariwafa bank to promote African trade.This agreement, the second of its kind…

#AfCFTA#African Development Bank


BCR Webcasting: Latif Sheik, Comarch Middle East

“Though robust, the Middle East is still catching up with the more mature factoring and SCF markets” says Latif Sheik,…

#supply chain finance

SAB and MasterCard launch SME Business credit card

Saudi Awwal Bank has partnered with MasterCard to introduce the leading bank’s SME Business credit card to the Kingdom which…

#Adam Jones#Mastercard#SME lending

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