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UK SMEs trading internationally are warning of severe financial pressure as disruption linked to the Iran war drives up logistics, energy and foreign exchange costs. New research from Bibby Financial Services found that 70% of UK SMEs trading overseas fear...
#FX risk#Iran war#sme finance
Lex Greensill has been banned from acting as a company director in the UK for nine years, bringing a major…
#Credit Suisse#Greensill#Katerra
ETR Digital and Investec Capital Solutions have completed their first Working Capital Notes transaction, releasing earlier liquidity for a UK…
#digital trade#ETR digital#food supply chains
Nifina’s founders are positioning the company around a new generation of working capital finance infrastructure, as corporates and financial institutions…
#AI#banking technology#Nifina
Specialty re/insurer Convex Group has received approval to launch a Lloyd’s syndicate with a portfolio that includes political risk and…
#Convex#CPRI#Lloyds
ART Business Loans has reported further growth in lending to small and medium-sized businesses across the West Midlands and adjoining…
#alternative finance#ART Business Loans#British Business Bank
A London court has rejected BB Energy’s attempt to block the sale of three South Sudanese oil cargoes worth around…
#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
Lloyds Banking Group has committed up to £2bn of trade finance support for UK exporters as businesses face an increasingly…
#export finance#Lloyds#smes
NatWest has partnered with Validis to automate the collection and standardisation of borrower financial data within its invoice finance business.…
#invoice finance#NatWest#onboarding
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
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
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