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Eurozone banks tightened lending standards for businesses during the second quarter even as demand for working-capital and inventory finance increased, highlighting the growing pressure on companies to secure liquidity in a riskier economic environment. A net 7% of banks participating...
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The British Business Bank is making up to £500m of existing guarantee capacity available to support lending to intellectual property-rich…
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The UK government has announced a major expansion of the British Business Bank’s Growth Guarantee Scheme, aiming to unlock an…
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Lending to UK small and medium-sized businesses reached its highest level since 2021 in the first quarter of 2026, underlining…
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More than 90,000 merchants across Italy will gain access to embedded working capital finance following a new partnership between embedded…
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The UK receivables finance market is undergoing one of its most significant structural shifts in decades as major high street…
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ART Business Loans has reported further growth in lending to small and medium-sized businesses across the West Midlands and adjoining…
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UK bank lending to businesses has fallen to its lowest level in nearly three decades, intensifying concerns over whether traditional…
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Citi has struck a €15bn private credit partnership with BlackRock’s HPS Investment Partners, adding another sign that banks and asset…
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Private capital is continuing to expand its role in SME and working capital finance, as non-bank lenders and alternative investors…
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Demand for asset-based lending (ABL) is rising as SMEs increasingly explore structured financing solutions to manage cashflow and support longer-term…
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Private credit funds are accelerating their push into trade cycle finance, targeting opportunities across receivables, inventory and pre-shipment funding. The…
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Banks are continuing to scale back lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), contributing to a widening funding gap in…
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