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Secure Trust Bank's Business Finance portfolio increased 5.3% to £1.9bn during the first half of 2026 even as new lending in the division fell by more than 16%, highlighting a divergence between balance-sheet growth and new business volumes. The specialist...
#business finance#credit risk#Secure Trust Bank
Harvey Nichols has entered administration and been acquired by Frasers Group in a pre-pack transaction worth approximately £40m, turning this…
#administration#Frasers#Harvey Nichols
Harvey Nichols has warned that it could run out of money within the next year without fresh investment, raising the…
#credit risk#Frasers Group#going concern
Allianz Trade is reducing credit-insurance limits available to suppliers trading with UK housebuilder Vistry, with cover on some new business…
#Allianz Trade#credit limits#receivables finance
For years, one of the uncomfortable questions surrounding supply chain finance has been whether the product helps suppliers get paid…
#Commercial Payments Bill#dynamic discounting#late payments
BlackRock TCP Capital is moving US$523m of private loans into a Pantheon-backed continuation vehicle, offloading exposure representing almost half of…
#BlackRock TCP Capital#business development companies#continuation vehicles
Almost four in 10 UK exporters reported higher costs in June as concern over international conflict, shipping disruption and energy…
#Ebury#energy prices#exporting costs
Metro Bank increased its commercial lending book by 30% year on year to £4.02bn after providing £1bn of new gross…
#balance-sheet rotation#business finance#commercial lending
UK manufacturers increased production at the fastest rate in almost two years during July, although precautionary inventory building and renewed…
#CIPS#energy costs#export orders
Barclays, HSBC and Santander have been challenged to invest a combined £30m in community lenders that provide finance to small…
#Barclays#CDFIs#community finance
UK insolvency-related activity fell during the second quarter of 2026, but a parallel decline in company formations points to continuing…
#business failures#Cash flow#company formations
Lloyds Banking Group has completed three live tokenised deposit transactions under Project Agorá, advancing the banking industry’s effort to test…
#Bank for International Settlements#cross-border payments#foreign exchange
The Bank of England has held Bank Rate at 3.75%, but a widening split among policymakers has increased the risk…
#Bank of England#Bank Rate#Business lending