Global Crises Expose the Limits of Traditional Market Intelligence as Veridion Raises $20 Million to Expand Real-time Map of the World’s Businesses September 16, 2026 Series A investment will accelerate the development of Veridion's AI-powered digital replica of the world's 640 million businesses, helping market intelligence providers, financial institutions, insurers, and procurement teams understand commercial change as it happens
Hold interest rates despite inflation risk, Shadow MPC tells Bank of England September 15, 2026 The Bank of England has been urged to hold interest rates even as inflation is set to peak higher than previously expected due to the continuation of the Iran war, City AM’s Shadow Monetary Policy Committee has said. The Bank should leave interest rates unchanged at 3.75 per cent, according to most top economists in [...]
FICO European Fraud Map: UK Resilient as Other European Countries See Losses Climb by up to 21% September 15, 2026 Card-Not-Present fraud slowly increasing in the UK as social engineering tactics evolve
KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to UK Logistics 2026-4 DAC September 10, 2026 KBRA UK (KBRA) is pleased to announce the assignment of preliminary ratings to five classes of UK Logistics 2026-4 DAC, a CMBS single-borrower transaction. The collateral for the transaction is a £613.7 million limited recourse, first lien mortgage loan expected to be originated by Barclays Bank PLC in September 2026. The floating-rate loan is expected [...]
Nigel Farage has never been far from danger his entire career September 10, 2026 Cast your eye over Nigel Farage’s CV and you realise he is a man who never seems far from danger. At the start of his career in 1982 he joined the notorious US investment bank Drexel as a commodities trader. Drexel would collapse eight years later after its senior executive, Michael Milken, was sent to [...]
EIG Announces Final Close of Senior Infrastructure Debt Fund VI With $4.0 Billion Raised Across Its Direct Lending Platform September 9, 2026 Platform exceeds original $3 billion fundraising target, reflecting broad institutional demand for infrastructure credit
Callum Anderson MP: the Labour case for financial services September 9, 2026 Aspiration, opportunity and enterprise are values Labour should always proudly champion; when we do we win elections and the country thrives, says Callum Anderson MP Before I had the privilege of becoming Buckingham and Bletchley’s Labour MP, my career was in finance. Much of it was in the City of London, but it was also [...]
James von Moltke Joins Warburg Pincus September 8, 2026 Former President and Chief Financial Officer, Deutsche Bank AG, Joins Warburg Pincus in Europe as a senior advisor and Executive-in-Residence
KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to BUMPER BE GREEN 2026-1 September 7, 2026 KBRA Europe (KBRA) assigns a preliminary rating to the Class A notes to be issued by Bumper BE NV/SA, acting on behalf of its compartment named “Compartiment No.3” (BUMPER BE GREEN 2026-1), a Belgian operating auto lease ABS transaction. Credit enhancement consists of subordination, excess spread and cash reserves. BUMPER BE GREEN 2026-1 will be [...]
KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Driver UK Multi-Compartment S.A., Compartment Driver UK twelve September 4, 2026 KBRA UK (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to two classes of notes issued by Driver UK Multi-Compartment S.A., acting for and on behalf of its Compartment Driver UK twelve (Driver UK 12), a United Kingdom auto loan receivables ABS transaction. Credit enhancement on the notes is comprised of overcollateralisation, subordination, a cash reserve account and excess [...]