creditor

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Virtus has also reached a deal for an undisclosed sum with Chemaf’s largest creditor, Trafigura, a commodity-trading giant based in Singapore and Switzerland, according to Powch, who is chief financial officer at Virtus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

As Glutality’s sole secured creditor, Insulin Care has priority on any cash recovered during the bankruptcy process.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Earlier this month, the city of L.A. struck a bankruptcy exit deal that resolves creditor disputes and opens up the possibility of a sale, paving the way for change.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

ConocoPhillips is the country’s largest nonsovereign creditor and has been fighting tooth and nail to recoup the roughly $12 billion it is still owed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

I didn’t want Rufus having to face some creditor that I had angered with my twentieth-century brevity—which could come across as nineteenth-century abruptness, even discourtesy.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler