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Proparco gives Khan Bank US$50m long-term line with US$20m...

Proparco has agreed a US$50m senior loan to Mongolia's Khan Bank, allocating US$30m to climate-related investment and US$20m to SMEs in underserved rural provinces. The transaction, signed during UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, is the third operation between the French development...

#climate finance#development finance#Khan Bank

IFC takes US$103.5m mezzanine risk off BBVA Mexico to...

IFC has agreed to provide BBVA Mexico with a guarantee of up to MXN1.795bn, approximately US$103.5m, in a significant risk…

#BBVA Mexico#capital relief#credit guarantee


Four-lender package gives BAX invoice finance after seven-figure council...

BAX Construction has secured a six-figure financing package combining invoice finance and term debt after winning seven-figure local-authority contracts that…

#ART Business Loans#BAX Construction#BCRS Business Loans


YouLend puts revenue-linked capital in front of 24,000 German...

YouLend has partnered with German e-commerce software group comrce to offer revenue-linked working-capital finance to a network of around 24,000…

#comrce#e-commerce#embedded finance


Secure Trust business finance book hits £1.9bn as new...

Secure Trust Bank's Business Finance portfolio increased 5.3% to £1.9bn during the first half of 2026 even as new lending…

#business finance#credit risk#Secure Trust Bank


RBA holds at 4.35% but keeps another rate rise...

The Reserve Bank of Australia has left its cash rate unchanged at 4.35%, giving corporate borrowers a temporary reprieve after…

#corporate lending#funding costs#inflation


Metro Bank adds £1bn of business lending as commercial...

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 banks face £30m call to fund firms mainstream...

Barclays, HSBC and Santander have been challenged to invest a combined £30m in community lenders that provide finance to small…

#Barclays#CDFIs#community finance


India’s upper house clears delayed-payment bill to unlock MSME...

India’s Rajya Sabha has passed legislation intended to accelerate delayed-payment disputes and strengthen the ability of micro and small businesses…

#delayed payments#India#MSEFC


UK business failures fall 6% but start-up appetite weakens

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


LS Manufacturing targets £4m after £400k invoice-finance growth bridge

British clothing producer LS Manufacturing is on course to increase annual turnover from £3m to £4m after using a £400,000…

#Cash flow#export growth#invoice finance


Lloyds pledges over £45bn to SMEs as it doubles...

Lloyds Banking Group plans to provide more than £45bn of new finance directly to small and medium-sized businesses between 2027…

#Accelerate 2030#business banking#digital banking

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

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