Private Credit Loan Terms: How to Negotiate in 2026
Direct lenders raised a record USD 129bn but lent 28% less in Q3. See which private credit loan terms borrowers can negotiate and how to run the process.
Latest
Cross-Border Debt Collection Risk: How Trade Finance Protects Exporters
Why unpaid foreign invoices are hard to recover, and how LCs, confirmation, credit insurance and receivables finance shift that risk before you ship.
Trade, Project Finance and Private Credit News: 16 Oct 2026
Record private credit fundraising meets falling deployment, Bank of America fined USD 1.2bn, energyRe closes USD 815m solar and IndiGo signs an ECA deal.
Trade, Project Finance and Private Credit News: 13 Oct 2026
ASIC halts an Ares credit fund, Amex fined over USD 13bn in suspected TBML, Trafigura signs a lithium offtake and Blackstone raises a credit continuation fund.
Credit Enhancement Advisory for Trade and Project Finance
Financely is scaling its credit enhancement advisory, using guarantees, insurance wraps and risk participation to get stalled trade and project deals funded.
Why Your Equity Gap Is Still Open (It Is Not the Market)
Three habits separate sponsors who close from sponsors who keep “almost closing.” None of them is luck.
Outsourced KYC and Credit Underwriting for Lenders (2026 Guide)
Why lenders are outsourcing KYC, credit memos and loan operations in 2026, what the data shows, what to keep in house and how to decide.
Seller Financing in Commercial Real Estate: Creating Liquidity After the Deal
Carrying paper closes CRE deals but locks up capital. How seller-financed commercial notes are priced, sold in full or in part, and structured for exit.
KYCC and KYT in Trade Finance: What Banks Check and Why
How KYCC fits into KYT in trade finance: which counterparties banks screen, the red flags that stop deals and how to prepare a file that clears compliance.
Energy Transition Lending: How Clean Energy Gets Financed
Energy transition lending explained: market size, loan structures, green loans, what lenders underwrite and how to prepare a bankable clean energy project.
Commercial Bridge Loans and Gap Funding Explained
How commercial bridge loans work, when to use them, and how gap funding such as mezzanine debt and preferred equity fills the shortfall in your capital stack.
Independent Sponsor Guide: Role, Fees, Budget and Tools
What an independent sponsor does in CRE, business acquisitions and project finance, how sponsors get paid, how to negotiate fees, and what budget you need.
Capital Raising
Raising Capital With AI: Reg D, Funnels and Data Rooms
Sponsors can raise millions online with no warm intro. How AI fits a compliant Reg D raise, from the funnel and data room to the investor profile.
Structured Lender Outreach
Your Deal Is Solid. So Why Does No Lender Come Back?
Good deals stall when the structure is wrong. Financely assesses your transaction, structures the debt and arranges it with lenders who actually fit.
Back-to-Back Commodity Trades and Credit Insurance: What Underwriters Now Demand
String trade litigation reshaped trade credit insurance. What underwriters now expect, why disclosure drives pricing, and how to build claims that get paid.
Daily Deal Brief, October 8, 2026: Project Finance, Trade Finance, CRE and Private Credit
Zelestra and Clearway close contracted U.S. solar debt, Trafigura upsizes to $4.4B, Rasmala loses its appeal against Trafigura, TPG prices an $874M CRE CLO, and private credit faces easing redemptions but sharper scrutiny of loan marks.
Case Studies
Case Study: EN590 FOB Rotterdam: KYT Stopped a $500,000 Tank Storage Fee
A first-time buyer was ready to pay $500,000 in tank storage fees for discounted EN590 FOB Rotterdam. A Know Your Transaction review found no real allocation, no real storage, and no product. The fee was not paid.
$20M Equity Raise Secures a $150M Bunker Fuel Revolving Credit Facility
A European bunker-fuel trading house needed additional equity before a bank would close a $150 million revolving credit facility. A $20 million preferred-equity raise met the lender’s loss-absorption test and the facility closed in 14 weeks.
Project Finance News Today: $2.58B Saudi Power Close, $300M Renewables Facility and African Infrastructure Finance
Today’s project finance roundup covers Saudi Arabia’s $2.58B Rabigh 2 close, Lydian’s $300M facility, Egypt wind financing and African infrastructure deals.
The Rise of Private Credit: What Growing Businesses Need to Know
Private credit offers businesses flexible alternatives to bank lending. Understand direct lending, pricing, structures, covenants and borrower considerations.
How Data-Driven Financial Planning Improves Capital Allocation
Better financial data helps businesses allocate capital more effectively across growth, working capital, acquisitions, debt repayment and investment.
Debt vs Equity Financing: What Business Owners Should Consider
Debt and equity financing have very different implications for ownership, cash flow, control and returns. Here is how business owners should evaluate the trade-offs.
How Alternative Financing Helps Growing Businesses Access Capital
Alternative financing gives growing businesses more ways to fund working capital, acquisitions, inventory and expansion when conventional bank lending falls short.
Letter of Credit
Pay When Paid LC Clause: What It Means for Exporters
A pay when paid LC clause can shift payment risk back to the buyer. Learn how it changes LC protection, document control and exporter risk.