Edition 328 – January/February 2026
A clear identity
Business Money group editor Robert Lefroy
Over 28,000 corporate insolvencies in 2025
Tom Russell, president of R3
The cashflow lifeline after a chaotic 2025
Jim Davis, director, Clear Cashflow Solutions
Europe on the cusp of payments transformation
Ezequiel Canestrari, chief operating officer at ClearBank
AI and banking in 2026
Amit Dua, president of SunTec Business Solutions
Questions of growth
John Brehcist, roundwindow Consultancy Services
Counsel’s Opinion: A Privy function
Business Money talks to Professor Mark Watson-Gandy OBE about the Privy Coucil decision in Credit Suisse Life Ltd v Bidzina Ivanishvili
Navigating financial irregularities
Stephen Peters, forensic partner and head of investigations at BDO UK
New year, new beginning
Adam Tyler, CEO, Bridging & Development Lenders Association
Different dictatorships
Chris Lee reflects
Updates from the association
Jim Higginbotham, CEO of the NACFB
Wet trade report – Business Outlook 2026
Commercial real estate analysis from Christie & Co, presented by global managing director Darren Bond
Mind the gap
Steven Beck, director of trade and supply chain finance, Asian Development Bank
Leading through uncertainty
Mohamed Kande, global chairman of PwC
The Business Money Subscribers Directory
Invoice and all-asset finance and short-term property finance
Closing Thoughts: Banks pledge £11bn to back British businesses
Tim Reid, CEO of UK Export Finance