Equity Gap Financing for Independent Sponsors: How to Close When the Cheque Comes Up Short
Short on equity before closing? How independent sponsors use bridge loans, mezzanine and preferred equity to fill equity gaps, and how Financely places them.
Cheap Commodity Scams: How Buyers Lose Money Chasing Discounts
How commodity buyers get scammed chasing below-market cargoes, stage by stage, from the first search to the recovery scam, and the checks that stop it.
Trade Finance News Today: WTO Upgrade, Trafigura USD 4.4bn, Greensill Costs
WTO lifts its 2026 trade forecast to 3.9%, Trafigura closes USD 4.4bn in Asia, Oddo BHF exits trade finance and Marsh books USD 569m in Greensill charges.
Trade Finance Lender Outreach Campaigns
Custom lender outreach campaigns for trade finance deals. Clear deliverables, reported KPIs and a term sheet target. From USD 7,500. Request a free estimate.
Project Finance Transaction Costs: 7 Reasons Budgets Grow
Lender due diligence, project changes, delays, new lenders, credit enhancement, rates and capex. Why project finance budgets grow and how sponsors control them.
Opening a US Business Bank Account as a Foreign National
What US banks underwrite when foreign nationals open business accounts, the five-part file to build first, and how to structure the account for lender controls.
Growth Financing for Companies: Options, Uses and Lender Criteria
Growth financing explained: term loans, asset-based lending, revenue-based debt and growth equity, how to match each to your plan and what lenders check.
At What Stage Is SBLC or DLC Verbiage Agreed Before Issuance?
SBLC and DLC wording is set in the contract and finalised in a draft the beneficiary approves before SWIFT issuance. See each stage and what to check.
Credit Enhancement for Business Loans: 10 Guarantee Structures
Personal, corporate and government guarantees, ECA cover, surety, credit insurance, reserves and first-loss capital. How each one helps a company get funded.
Nonrecourse Project Finance: Eligibility Tests Lenders Use
Learn when projects qualify for nonrecourse debt: offtake contracts, EPC risk, sponsor equity, permits, DSCR sizing and the limited recourse terms lenders ask for.
Turnkey SBLC Monetization: What Really Exists and What Doesn’t
Issuing an SBLC and monetizing it non-recourse sounds simple. Here is why that package doesn’t exist, and which real turnkey options do.
Acquisition Loans With No Personal Guarantee: 7 Traps Buyers Fall For
Buying a business without a personal guarantee is possible, but fake offers are everywhere. Here are the seven traps to avoid and what real options look like.