Bibby appoints chief technology officer and head of IT
SME financier, Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed James Cooper as chief technology officer to implement its technology agenda as part of its new BFS 4.0 strategy, the company said in a...
Invigors adds former Cisco Capital and GE Capital executive to leadership team
Asset finance consulting and services provider Invigors EMEA has appointed Sven Jirgal, the former vice-president of Cisco Capital, as a...
How to prosper in a post-pandemic world with the support of outsourced insurance administration
By Matt Salvage, Head of Client Management, at outsourced equipment insurance specialist, Acquis There’s nothing average about this spring. Aside...
COP26: What can the asset finance and leasing community do to help reduce CO2 emissions?
At Leasing Life, we asked you to outline what action you felt the asset finance and leasing community needed to take...
COP26: Leasing strategies can deliver much-needed benefits
It's no secret that Covid-19 has introduced unprecedented economic pressures, which has, in turn, forced a reappraisal of priorities, says...
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FLA urges inclusion of Green Finance Wholesale Guarantees in UK Budget
The Finance & Leasing Association’s (FLA) submission to the forthcoming UK Budget (on 27 October) recommends a Green Finance Wholesale…
Malta’s Izola Bank in tie-up with HPD Lendscape
Izola Bank, a Maltese bank wholly owned by Belgium-based Van Marcke Group, has chosen HPD Lendscape, a secured-lending platform vendor,…
Green Finance Wholesale Guarantee needed to scale up net-zero lending: FLA
The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) is stepping up its call for a Green Finance Wholesale Guarantee in response to…
COP26: Role as standard-bearers for ESG will be “difficult”, say rising UK lessors
Despite the global shift towards green financing, UK asset financiers may find it difficult to become standard-bearers for ESG financing,…
Blogs
Why I signed up for the Diploma in Asset Finance
Ross Grant works as a senior finance consultant at White Oak, which provides financing to SMEs. He recently completed the Level 5 Diploma in Asset Finance...
Conquering new markets for invoice finance
Finding new markets among the many thousands of UK businesses that could benefit from financing their receivables will distinguish industry leaders from laggards, says Martyn...
Credit where it’s due at United Trust Bank
Did you know that many of the most productive brokers at United Trust Bank spend more time talking to our credit team than they do...
Why non-bank lenders are critical for the UK’s asset finance ecosystem
In the UK, SME lenders of different shapes and sizes exist both in a competitive and collaborative market environment with a specialised and evolved role...
RLS benefits sustainability and innovation: Paragon’s Phillipou
Paragon Bank, a UK lender and provider of asset finance, recently conducted a survey with more than 1,000 SMEs that revealed the vast majority are...
Pressure for net-zero is coming from asset managers who warn ‘climate risk is financial risk’
Despite the overwhelming scientific opinion that if we are to survive climate change the global economy will need to reach net-zero greenhouse emissions by mid-century,...
UK Gov’t needs to play its part in sharing risk when it comes to LEVs
The Finance & Leasing Association’s director of government affairs and stakeholder engagement, Edward Simpson, looks at the UK Government's commitment to net-zero emissions and LEVs asks,...
Corporate decision-makers: tell us how you see the world
Executives with a say in their companies' global strategies are invited to participate in our corporate sentiment survey, carried out in association with the International...
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