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Tide secures £100m debt facility from Fasanara

Tide, the UK’s leading business financial platform, has secured a £100m securitisation debt facility from Fasanara Capital Ltd (Fasanara), a London-based investment manager with over US$4.5bn in assets under management (as of December 2024). This funding will enable Tide to...

#debt facility#Fasanara#Francesco Filia

CNMC approves the merge of BBVA and Banco Sabadell...

The Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has authorised, in phase two and after 11 months of analysis, the…

#Banco Sabadell#BBVA#CNMC


IFC, TLG Capital announce US$75m first close of African...

To support small and medium sized enterprises in Africa—and to protect jobs at those businesses—IFC and TLG Capital announced the…

#IFC#TLG Capital credit fund


EBRD lends up to US$10m to Bank Respublika in...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a loan of up to US$10m (€8.86m) in local currency…

#Bank Respublika#EBRD#European Bank for Reconstruction and Development


UKRSIBBANK and IFC join forces to boost midcaps in...

IFC and UKRSIBBANK, owned by BNP Paribas and the EBRD, have announced a new risk-sharing facility (RSF), totaling €66m, to…

#BNP Paribas#EBRD#IFC


BFS appoints Mark Holloway as CITO

International SME financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Mark Holloway as Chief Information and Technology Officer (CITO) as part…

#BFS#Bibby Financial Services#Mark Holloway


C&N acquires Susquehanna Community Financial, Inc.

Citizens & Northern Corporation (C&N), headquartered in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, US, and Susquehanna Community Financial, Inc. (SQCF), headquartered in West Milton,…

#Chris Trate#Citizens & Northern Corporation#David S. Runk


Triodos Bank secures €200m to boost access to finance...

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Triodos Bank have signed three new guarantees that, in total, will enable over €200m…

#EIF#European Investment Fund#Jacco Minnaar


London small businesses grapple with tariff and tax fears...

London small businesses grapple with tariff and tax fears despite growth hopes and the looming threat of tax increases later…

#Jo Morris#Novuna Business Finance#sme finance


KfW Research: Access to credit is becoming more challenging...

Accessing credit became more difficult for SMEs yet again in the first quarter of 2025. A restrictive approach to loan…

#Jenny Körner#KfW#KfW ifo Credit Constraint Indicator


BBB provides extra £500m of additional finance for smaller...

Announced by the Chancellor today, the Growth Guarantee Scheme will provide approximately £500m of additional lending capacity to help more…

#British Business Bank#Cash flow#Growth Guarantee Scheme


EIB Group and ABN AMRO to make over €1bn...

EIB Group and ABN AMRO sign synthetic securitisation agreement, enabling €1.2bn in new lending for Dutch businesses, part of the…

#ABN AMRO#EIB#synthetic securitisation

Rapid Finance extends API-supported SMB disclosure service

Rapid Finance, a leader in small business financing and enterprise lending solutions, announced the availability of its SMB Disclosure Service,…

#API#disclosure#Rapid Finance

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