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[UPDATED 2024] Securitisation is a type of structured finance that has been overcomplicated in the market. The most important element is receivables flowing from pools of economic assets. An example ...

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Types of Credit There are several types of documentary credits, each with its own characteristics. Sight Credits With sight credits, the nominated bank (acting on its nomination), the confirming bank, ...

Treasury management (sometimes referred to as Treasury Operations) is, the overall management of a businesses financials and holdings.

Trade Finance Global Trade Finance Global (TFG) assists companies with raising debt finance. While we can access many traditional forms of finance, we specialise in alternative finance and complex ...

[UPDATED2025] TFG's SWIFT Messaging Types (MT) Guide, discussing the 2021 proposed changes to MT760, MT767, MT759 and MT798 on demand, accessory guarantees as well as standby letters of credit. The ...

The UCP 600 is a set of ICC standards regulating Letters of Credit. View our UPDATED 2025 Guide on the 39 articles of UCP 600.

[UPDATED 2025] LCs versus BGs: A Letter of Credit (LC) is a promise taken on by a bank to pay a party once certain criteria are met, whereas a Bank Guarantee is a bank's commitment to pay the ...

[UPDATED 2025] Import finance is required in order to bring goods into the country, but it is not always easy to raise capital when looking at different products. This can be finished or incomplete ...

[UPDATED 2025] Invoice factoring allows a business to grow and unlock cash that is tied up in future receipts, so that it can re-invest that capital and time is not spent collecting payments.