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UpTik invoice financing disbursements jump 275% in six months

Indian invoice-financing platform UpTik has reported a 275% increase in monthly disbursements over six months, providing a measure of the company's expansion as it seeks to connect businesses requiring working capital with investors in invoice-backed financing. Monthly disbursements rose from...

#alternative finance#financing volume#fintech

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


Swvl secures first UAE working-capital facility with Zelo for...

Mobility provider Swvl has secured its first working-capital facility in the UAE through Zelo, creating a dedicated source of short-term…

#ADGM#alternative finance#embedded finance


Clearco secures US$100m Macquarie line targeting US$900m ecommerce funding

Clearco has secured a US$100m asset-backed financing facility from Macquarie Group that the ecommerce funder expects to support approximately US$900m…

#alternative finance#asset-backed finance#Clearco


TA backs Oxane as private credit technology race accelerates

TA Associates has agreed a strategic growth investment in Oxane Partners, backing the private-credit technology company as banks and alternative…

#alternative finance#asset based lending#credit technology


iwoca lands £250m funding line as demand for larger...

UK small-business lender iwoca has secured a new £250m debt facility from an unnamed leading UK bank and Waterfall Asset…

#alternative finance#Business lending#iwoca


Eurozone banks tighten corporate credit as working-capital demand rises

Eurozone banks tightened lending standards for businesses during the second quarter even as demand for working-capital and inventory finance increased,…

#alternative finance#bank credit#corporate lending


UK sets aside £500m guarantee capacity for IP-rich SME...

The British Business Bank is making up to £500m of existing guarantee capacity available to support lending to intellectual property-rich…

#alternative finance#British Business Bank#CDFIs


UK unlocks billions in SME finance as Growth Guarantee...

The UK government has announced a major expansion of the British Business Bank’s Growth Guarantee Scheme, aiming to unlock an…

#alternative finance#British Business Bank#Business lending


UK SME lending reaches post-pandemic high as working capital...

Lending to UK small and medium-sized businesses reached its highest level since 2021 in the first quarter of 2026, underlining…

#alternative finance#Business lending#invoice finance


Finmid and myPOS bring embedded working capital finance to...

More than 90,000 merchants across Italy will gain access to embedded working capital finance following a new partnership between embedded…

#alternative finance#embedded finance#finmid


Independent factors reshape UK receivables finance as major banks...

The UK receivables finance market is undergoing one of its most significant structural shifts in decades as major high street…

#alternative finance#factoring#receivables finance

ART Business Loans lending rises as Midlands SMEs seek...

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

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