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UKEF backs £150,000 Nighthawk Export Finance loan for HydroSurv...

UK Export Finance has guaranteed a £150,000 trade loan provided by Nighthawk Export Finance to HydroSurv, an Exeter-based manufacturer of autonomous marine vessels, enabling the company to finance export orders in Norway and Italy. The transaction provides working capital to...

#export working capital#government guarantees#HydroSurv

eCapital survey: 15% of UK B2B SMEs face survival-threatening...

More than one in seven UK business-to-business SMEs surveyed by eCapital say severe cash-flow pressure is threatening their survival, while…

#business survival#eCapital#invoice finance


TEG SmartPay processes £478m in UK freight payments, including...

TEG's SmartPay platform has processed £478m in payments to UK haulage businesses since launch, with £418m of that total handled…

#early payments#embedded finance#freight factoring


Jefferies fund alleges US$900m Radiant World receivables fraud

A trade-finance fund managed by Jefferies-linked Point Bonita Capital has alleged that documents supporting almost US$900m of iron ore receivables…

#commodity finance#Glencore#invoice verification


Trafigura wins US$11m trade-finance fraud appeal over forged coal...

Commodity trader Trafigura has defeated an appeal by Rasmala Trade Finance Fund in a dispute arising from more than US$22.6m…

#commodity finance#counterparty risk#Court of Appeal


Bank of England reports further fall in UK SME...

UK small and medium-sized businesses faced a further contraction in bank credit availability during the three months to August, according…

#alternative finance#Bank of England#Business lending


BT acquires TalkTalk debt-free from administration in £400m rescue

BT Group has acquired TalkTalk's consumer and wholesale businesses out of administration on a debt-free basis, committing to an estimated…

#administration#Ares Management#BT Group


Manchester City £830m sponsorship ruling: lessons for receivables finance

When £830m of sponsorship revenue is not what it seems: the lesson for receivables finance Manchester City's financial-rule case appears…

#commercial contracts#credit risk#debtor verification


Investec provides hybrid asset-based and cashflow financing for Symera’s...

Investec has combined asset-based lending and cashflow debt in a financing package supporting Symera Partners' acquisition of UK security-services company…

#ABL#acquisition finance#asset based lending


Gateway provides US$1.5m purchase order finance for UK food...

Gateway Trade Funding has closed a US$1.5m purchase order finance facility for a California food importer, providing funding to pay…

#food imports#Gateway Trade Funding#purchase order finance


UKEF launches £5bn Flexible Finance pilot with guarantees covering...

UK Export Finance has launched a pilot guarantee programme worth up to £5bn that can cover as much as 80%…

#Brazil#buyer finance#commercial loans


HSBC launches AI Smart Checking for documentary trade across...

HSBC has deployed an AI-powered document-checking system across its trade-finance operations in the UK, Hong Kong and United Arab Emirates,…

#artificial intelligence#documentary trade#Hong Kong

Oxbury gets up to £500m British Business Bank guarantee...

The British Business Bank has agreed an ENABLE Guarantee transaction of up to £500m with agricultural specialist Oxbury Bank, using…

#agriculture finance#British Business Bank#Davidson Kempner

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