Ebury is the first non-bank financial institution to be granted approval to provide SMEs with loans under the Italian government’s guarantee scheme “Garanzia Italia”. The scheme, which is available to Italian businesses with less than 5,000 employees and €1.5bn turnover, provides government guarantees to cover up to 90% of the loan value. Ebury’s participation follows […]
Since we last conducted this survey at the end of March, the number of Covid-19 cases around the globe has more than doubled. But as many countries have reached peaks in the numbers of new infections, some clarity is emerging. Focus is now turning to ending the lockdowns, and in a few countries, some nonessential […]
Ebury, one of Europe’s largest fintech companies, has been granted approval in the Netherlands to provide SMEs with loans under the government’s SME Credit Guarantee Scheme, which was launched in response to the coronavirus crisis. The scheme, which is available to Dutch businesses with fewer than 250 employees, provides government guarantees for loans of up […]
COVID-19 is disrupting supply chains like never before. For most businesses, working capital is being severely impacted and given the importance of cash flows in times like this, they should continuously monitor their treasury. As companies hold on to cash, late payments will be the norm for some time but this will have impacts on […]
Recently, the P2P platform Robo.cash completed a survey of European P2P investors dedicated to their financial results in 2019. Over half of participants said that the alternative lending brought them the highest returns last year. The company expects that despite the coronavirus pandemic, the segment will keep the leading positions in 2020. Namely P2P loans […]
The data collated by the EU Federation for the factoring and commercial finance industry (EUF) shows that in 2019 factoring and commercial finance volumes in the EU grew overall by 7.9% to reach €1.91tr. As before, 80% of this represented domestic business and the balance international. This rate of growth – which equalled that seen […]
