The AI infrastructure boom is creating an unusual financing problem. Developers can order servers, raise construction debt and sign long-term leases. None of that matters if the project cannot secure enough electricity. Power access has become one of the scarce assets in large-scale data-center development. Utilities, transmission
Greenvolt's €218M BESS financing shows how bridge loans and guarantee facilities can fund utility-scale battery storage projects.
LC demand is rising again in 2026 as geopolitical risk, AI infrastructure, new trade corridors and payment uncertainty reshape global trade finance.
Standby Letter of Credit Services How to Secure an SBLC Through Financely Financely structures and coordinates Standby Letter of Credit transactions from USD 2,000,000. We prepare the applicant for underwriting, raise collateral financing where required, approach suitable financial counterparties and coordinate the transaction through bank issuance. The Financely
Why brokers seeking leased SBLCs with MT760 first and no upfront fees misunderstand bank credit, collateral, SWIFT procedures and issuance costs.
Cloudberry's NOK 3.2B facility shows how renewable IPPs finance acquisitions, solar, BESS and operating portfolios without funding every asset separately.
How projects in volatile-currency markets manage FX risk using local-currency debt, swaps, tariff indexation, reserves and blended financing.
How contract-backed bridge loans finance execution using the underlying commercial contract as security instead of real estate, equipment or inventory.
Energy, EVs, agri-food and overseas mining assets are emerging as the most realistic targets for Chinese investment.
A documentary letter of credit does not pay because the goods were delivered correctly. It pays because the beneficiary presents the documents required by the credit in a form that the nominated bank, confirming bank or issuing bank determines to be compliant. That distinction is responsible for a large share
Child labour is real in DRC artisanal mining, but copper-cobalt output is dominated by industrial mines. The larger issue is who captures the mineral rent.
What commodity traders mean by joker broker, why brokerage itself is legitimate, and how refusal to learn turns intermediaries into permanent deal killers.
How acquisition bridge financing closes M&A deals before permanent debt is ready, including bridge-to-term, bridge-to-bond and takeout structures.
jet fuel
A 2026 guide to physical jet fuel arbitrage covering Jet A-1 pricing, cargo economics, freight, storage, quality, airport supply, financing and risk.
sblc
Why SBLC private placement and bullet programs are fraudulent, how impossible return claims expose them, and how issuing a real SBLC can leave you liable.
scams
Why unqualified commodity buyers chase impossible discounts, misunderstand pre-financing, misuse “exit buyers” and repeatedly walk into commodity scams.
How foreign contractors use bank counter-guarantees to obtain local bid, performance, advance-payment and financial guarantees under URDG 758.
Collateral Transfer
How collateral transfer structures use third-party bank credit to support loans, the role of MT760, ISP98 and URDG 758, and what lenders actually underwrite.
AI business automation consulting for GTM, RevOps, lead generation, qualification, matching, outreach and sales operations across B2B markets.
GPUs
How GPU leasing works, how compute assets are financed, what lenders underwrite and how GPUs fit into the broader AI data-center capital stack.
Raise debt for solar, wind, battery and renewable infrastructure through green bonds, private placements and structured project-finance issuance.
Financely Morning Brief · August 24, 2026 Trade Finance, Project Finance & Tokenization Today's credit story is about risk distribution. EBRD is adding trade-finance capacity in Iraq. First Citizens is consolidating factoring, supply-chain finance and ABL. Piracy risk is back in the Gulf of Aden. In infrastructure,
stablecoins
How stablecoins can settle global trade 24/7, reduce correspondent-bank friction and make programmable trade payments possible without abandoning compliance.
bill of exchange
How exporters discount bank-avalised bills of exchange, convert deferred buyer payments into cash and transfer approved bank credit risk to a financier.