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Aspire, a Singapore-based B2B fintech company, has raised US$100m in Series C investment led by Lightspeed and Sequoia Capital SEA to broaden its product line and geographic reach. The round saw participation from investors such as Paypal Ventures, and LGT Capital Partners as well as existing backers of the likes of Picus Capital and Mass Mutual Ventures.
14/02/2023
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Billers are facing additional financial difficulties as a result of rising interest rates, high inflation, congested global supply chains, and a tight labour market.
14/02/2023
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Lord Chris Holmes of Richmond, MBE, will give the opening address at BCR's inaugural Trade and Investment Forum (TIF23) on March 9 at the SMBC headquarters in London. He will speak on the opportunities for trade and trade finance following the enactment of the Electronic Trade Documents and Financial Services and Markets Bills.
14/02/2023
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KPMG UK has launched the second edition of its Regulatory Barometer, providing a biannual measure of the regulatory pressure UK and EU financial services firms face. The Barometer Impact Score stands at 7 (out of 10), up marginally from 6.9 in October 2022, showing no let-up in the regulatory intensity facing UK and EU financial services firms.
13/02/2023
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John Omoti, VP - Supply Chain Finance for Bank of China, London has been nominated for TOP 100 most influential, impactful and successful African business leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals in the UK.
13/02/2023
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Supply chain finance (SCF) firm Trade Capital Corporation (TCC) today announced the addition of industry leaders Tom Goss, Edmund McNamara, and Ken Rosenberg to its leadership and advisory team, cementing the Silicon Valley fintech’s position as the only trade funding company with in-house finance and supply chain expertise.
10/02/2023
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NatWest has provided its first sustainability linked asset-based lending (ABL) facility to Recycling Lives, a UK recycling and waste management business.
10/02/2023
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Cloud or on-premises?
10/02/2023
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UK Finance, the trade body representing the banking and finance sector, today announces two new senior appointments effective from 1 May 2023:Ben Donaldson, Managing Director of Economic Crime and David Raw, Managing Director of Commercial Finance.
10/02/2023
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The International Trade Centre (ITC) joins forces with Google and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to launch the 'Digital Export Enablement Programme (DEEP) for Small Businesses in ASEAN' to empower small firms to grow internationally via e-commerce.
10/02/2023
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Commenting on the outlook for SMEs as GDP figures narrowly avoid a recession in the UK, Douglas Grant (pictured), Group CEO of Manx Financial Group PLC, said: "Today’s GDP data shows the UK narrowly avoiding a recession.
10/02/2023
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The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$120m loan for Tunisia to fund the project "Support to Small and Medium Enterprises for Economic Recovery." The project aims to address the primary long-term liquidity constraints faced by Tunisian firms by financing long-term lines of credit that will be on-lent
09/02/2023
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In 2022 factoring operations in Peru recorded a significant growth of 36.4 per cent compared to 2021, according to the Peruvian Ministry of Production (Produce).
09/02/2023
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eCapital Commercial Finance (eCapital), has appointed Darren Ross (pictured) to the role of Group Risk and Operations Director.
09/02/2023
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HSBC today unveiled a new one-stop digital payment solution for small and medium enterprises (SM
09/02/2023
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