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The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Banking and Finance weekly highlights—19 June 2025
Invoice discounting and factoringThe popularity of financing business through the invoice discounting and factoring of receivables has grown...
Foreign exchange (FX) derivativesWhat is a FX derivative?A foreign exchange (FX) derivative is a type of derivative whose payoff depends on the FX...
Types of debt securitiesWhat are debt securities?In the context of the debt capital markets, the term 'debt security' means a financial instrument,...
An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains information on subjects...
Promissory notes—structure and partiesA promissory note is often used in similar trade finance situations to a bill of exchange (see Practice Note: Introductory guide to unstructured trade finance), with the principal difference being that a bill of exchange is an order to pay (usually the drawer
Receivables purchase transactions: invoice discounting and factoringThe popularity of financing business through invoice discounting and factoring of receivables has grown significantly in the UK over the last 25 years.Introduction to receivables purchase transactionsInvoice discounting and
Bills of exchange—structure and partiesBills of exchange (or as they are often referred to, ‘drafts’) are negotiable instruments that represent an unconditional promise by one party (the drawer) to pay money to another party (the drawee), in accordance with the terms of that instrument. They are
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
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