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MidOcean and Idea Financial launch up to US$225m small-business...

MidOcean Partners has formed a joint venture with US small-business lender Idea Financial that will provide up to US$225m in lending capital, enabling the company to offer individual business loans of up to US$1m. The agreement substantially expands Idea Financial's...

#alternative finance#asset-backed securitisation#business loans

eCapital survey: 15% of UK B2B SMEs face survival-threatening...

More than one in seven UK business-to-business SMEs surveyed by eCapital say severe cash-flow pressure is threatening their survival, while…

#business survival#eCapital#invoice finance


Kampala Capital expands O’Connor warehouse facility to up to...

Mexican non-bank lender Kampala Capital has extended and increased a warehouse financing facility with private funds managed by O'Connor Capital…

#Cantor Fitzgerald#export finance#import finance


Ireland doubles EIB-backed SME loan scheme to €1bn until...

Ireland has doubled the capacity of its government-backed Growth and Sustainability Loan Scheme to €1bn, adding €500m in potential lending…

#AIB#Bank of Ireland#business investment


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


AfDB provides Family Bank US$10m trade finance line for...

The African Development Bank has provided Family Bank with a US$10m trade-finance line aimed at increasing foreign-currency funding for Kenyan…

#African Development Bank#Family Bank#foreign currency


Planworth launches digital SCF platform after RM4bn (US$980m) of...

Planworth Global Factoring has launched a digital supply chain finance platform connecting corporate and public-sector buyers, Malaysian MSME suppliers and…

#digital finance#invoice finance#Malaysia


Oxbury gets up to £500m British Business Bank guarantee...

The British Business Bank has agreed an ENABLE Guarantee transaction of up to £500m with agricultural specialist Oxbury Bank, using…

#agriculture finance#British Business Bank#Davidson Kempner


ANNA and YouLend launch embedded SME revenue finance in...

UK business-account provider ANNA has embedded YouLend financing directly into its app, allowing eligible small businesses and sole traders to…

#ANNA Money#Cash flow#embedded finance


Enova amends Headway Capital US$535m receivables securitisation facility

Enova International has reset the revolving receivables facility funding its Headway Capital small-business lending portfolio at US$535m, reducing commitments by…

#Enova International#Headway Capital#HWC Receivables 2023


YouLend and Dojo pass £2bn SME funding as volumes...

YouLend and payments provider Dojo have passed £2bn of cumulative funding to UK small and medium-sized businesses, doubling the volume…

#Dojo#embedded finance#Merchant finance


Pakistan increases Export Finance Scheme 50% to PKR1.5tn and...

Pakistan has increased the size of its Export Finance Scheme by 50% to PKR1.5tn for the 2026-27 financial year and…

#Agri-SMEs#digital trade finance#EFS

Vision Bank launches platform-led Shari’ah SME trade finance for...

Vision Bank has launched a Shari'ah-compliant short-term trade-finance proposition for SMEs, using fintech and trade-finance platforms to originate working-capital opportunities…

#ADGM#cross-border trade#exporters

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