City guides
Lending markets are local even when capital is global. These guides set out who lends in each city, which structures fit the dominant sectors, and how long a facility realistically takes to complete.
London holds the deepest concentration of business lenders in Europe, which is both an advantage and a problem. Choice is wide, so the difficulty is r…
Manchester carries a strong regional lending market with local decision makers, which often produces faster answers than a centralised credit process …
Dubai is a trading city, and its funding market reflects that. Trade finance, receivables and inventory funding dominate, and lenders are comfortable …
Frankfurt sits at the centre of German banking, and the Hausbank relationship still shapes most corporate funding. That relationship is valuable, but …
French companies have a well developed receivables funding market and strong leasing capacity. The main obstacle is rarely product availability, it is…
The Dutch market is open, competitive and unusually receptive to alternative lenders. Trade and logistics businesses are well served, and decisions te…
Spanish corporate funding leans heavily on supplier and receivables products. Confirming and factoring are embedded in normal trading, and alternative…
Lombardy is the industrial and financial heart of Italy, and its funding market is built around manufacturing supply chains. Receivables products domi…
Singapore combines a sophisticated banking market with an active alternative lending sector and a regional trade role. Documentation standards are hig…
New York offers more lending capacity than any other single market, from regional banks to the largest private credit funds. The cost of that depth is…
Canadian corporate lending is concentrated in a small number of large banks, which makes the market stable but conservative. Alternative lenders in On…
Australian business lending is dominated by four major banks that tend to want property security. Non bank lenders have taken significant share by fun…