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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 finance is reaching SMEs at the point they need capital. Boston Consulting Group data cited in recent coverage shows lending...

#alternative finance#embedded finance#fintech

Drip Capital and YES BANK target MSME trade finance...

Drip Capital has partnered with YES BANK to expand trade finance access for Indian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, adding…

#Drip Capital#export finance#fintech


BYD supply chain finance shift puts supplier payments under...

BYD is moving away from a long-running supplier payment model that relied heavily on extended payment cycles, putting renewed attention…

#BYD#China#EV supply chains


ByzFunder launches $165mn small business ABS deal

US specialty finance company ByzFunder has launched its first small business asset-backed securitisation, creating a $165mn structure backed by business…

#asset-backed securitisation#ByzFunder#private credit


BCRS passes £5mn Midlands Engine lending milestone

BCRS Business Loans has passed £5mn in lending through the British Business Bank’s Midlands Engine Investment Fund II, supporting SMEs…

#BCRS Business Loans#British Business Bank#Midlands Engine Investment Fund


JP Morgan brings digital bill of exchange product to...

JP Morgan Payments is expanding its electronic bills of exchange product to the US, giving fresh momentum to the digitisation…

#bills of exchange#digital trade#JP Morgan


SAP Taulia adds AI tools to working capital platform

SAP Taulia has added new artificial intelligence tools to its working capital platform, extending automation across cash forecasting, supplier finance…

#AI#receivables finance#SAP Taulia


A.B.S. Global Factoring turns to efcom software for European...

A.B.S. Global Factoring has signed a software licence agreement with efcom as the German receivables finance provider looks to scale…

#A.B.S. Global Factoring#Efcom#Europe


UNCTAD warns global goods trade growth could slow to...

Global goods trade growth could slow sharply in 2026 as geopolitical disruption, tariffs and higher energy costs weigh on cross-border…

#global trade#supply chains#tariffs


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


Trade finance gap widens as SMEs struggle with longer...

Small and medium-sized exporters are facing growing pressure from longer working capital cycles as volatility, tariffs and supply chain fragmentation…

#liquidity#receivables finance#sme finance


Greif cuts receivables facility to $200mn as working capital...

Packaging group Greif has amended its US receivables financing arrangements, reducing the facility size from $275mn to $200mn and replacing…

#asset based lending#Greif#PNC Bank

China battery deal highlights financing pressure behind energy storage...

Indian energy group Godawari Power and Ispat has signed a battery supply agreement with China’s Eve Energy, adding another signal…

#battery supply chains#China#critical minerals

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