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Ares Management’s credit funds closed approximately US$8.2bn of US direct lending commitments across 69 transactions during the second quarter of 2026, highlighting the continued scale of private credit deployment into sponsor-backed companies. The alternative asset manager said its US direct...
#acquisition finance#Ares Credit#Ares Management
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
The Bank of England has held Bank Rate at 3.75%, but a widening split among policymakers has increased the risk…
#Bank of England#Bank Rate#Business lending
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 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
Severe heat and drought across Europe are placing pressure on grain output, creating a potential working-capital squeeze for farmers, food…
#agricultural commodities#barley#commodity finance
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
YouLend has partnered with German payments provider REA Card to offer revenue-based working capital directly to merchants using its point-of-sale…
#embedded finance#payments#REA Card
Eurozone banks tightened lending standards for businesses during the second quarter even as demand for working-capital and inventory finance increased,…
#alternative finance#bank credit#corporate lending
UK businesses have become more cautious about their near-term turnover as energy costs and economic uncertainty continue to weigh on…
#business confidence#economic uncertainty#energy costs
Finacity has facilitated a US$200m receivables financing facility for specialty chemicals and materials group Vibrantz Technologies, giving the company a…
#Finacity#private credit#receivables financing
Fina, the embedded finance platform within Saudi business-to-business ecosystem SILQ, has secured a US$75m Shariah-compliant facility from Fasanara Capital to…
#embedded finance#Fasanara Capital#Fina
A fall in UK inflation to 2.6% may provide only limited relief for businesses facing persistent financing, energy and customer-credit…
#Atradius#customer credit risk#liquidity