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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, highlighting the growing pressure on companies to secure liquidity in a riskier economic environment. A net 7% of banks participating...

#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


UK SME lending slump exposes embedded finance opportunity

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


Citi and BlackRock strike €15bn European private credit partnership

Citi has struck a €15bn private credit partnership with BlackRock’s HPS Investment Partners, adding another sign that banks and asset…

#alternative finance#BlackRock#Citi


Private capital expands further into SME and working capital...

Private capital is continuing to expand its role in SME and working capital finance, as non-bank lenders and alternative investors…

#alternative finance#asset based lending#private credit


ABL demand rises as SMEs shift toward structured, multi-product...

Demand for asset-based lending (ABL) is rising as SMEs increasingly explore structured financing solutions to manage cashflow and support longer-term…

#ABL#alternative finance#asset based lending


Private credit targets trade cycle finance as banks pull...

Private credit funds are accelerating their push into trade cycle finance, targeting opportunities across receivables, inventory and pre-shipment funding. The…

#ABL#alternative finance#private credit

Banks continue retreat from SME lending as funding gap...

Banks are continuing to scale back lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), contributing to a widening funding gap in…

#alternative finance#bank lending#factoring

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