Russian factoring association reports 2017 results

23/02/2018

The Association of Factoring Companies (AFC) just published the statistical information on Russian factoring market in 2017. For the first time...

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Zimbabwean lender sets aside US$10m for SMEs  

22/02/2018

Homelink Finance Services has set aside over US$10 million to enhance the export capacity of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) this year.

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UK P2P lending soars but SMEs generally wary of finance

21/02/2018
UK

Peer-to-Peer business lending and other forms of alternative business finance saw significant growth last year, but an aversion to external finance continues to hold back many small firms, according to...

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Global banks, TradeIX and R3 pilot blockchain trade finance solution

21/02/2018

The initiative, called Marco Polo comprised of a group of the world’s leading banks, together with trade finance technology specialist TradeIX and enterprise software firm R3, are piloting their trade finance...

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HPD Software and FCI collaboration fuels student dreams to bring factoring to Africa

21/02/2018

Keen to facilitate education and development of the commercial finance industry, HPD and FCI came together to support...

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HSBC global trade and receivable finance business ‘stabilised’ in 2017

21/02/2018

HSBC’s commercial banking division grew its pre-tax profits 15% during 2017, to US$6.7bn ...

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Four banks join Indian Invoicemart TReDS platform

20/02/2018

New banks have come on-board the invoice discounting platform Invoicemart.

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Banking regulator labels SME loans ‘higher risk’ in Australia

20/02/2018

In its efforts to make Australian banks ‘unquestionably strong’, the banking regulator has argued lenders should hold more...

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New definition of SME shuts out companies from grants in Malaysia

20/02/2018

Listed entities and government-linked companies (GLCs), including their subsidiaries, are no longer deemed as small and medium enterprises (SMEs)...

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UK SMEs are losing over £9bn through invoice fraud every year

20/02/2018
UK

Recently published research states that 58 per cent of SME owners think the impact of modern-day invoice fraud on their business would be minimal and that they would ...

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