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Verdict Staff
Do you know what your broker is doing?
If a broker or dealer charges a fee directly to the customer, they must comply with section 4.4 of the Consumer Credit sourcebook (referred to as CONC.) contained within the FCA Handbook. Jonathan Hall, associate solicitor in the asset and consumer finance team at business law firm DWF, explains
Recovering money owed by a judgment debtor from the hands of a third party
Obtaining judgment does not ensure that payment will be made by the judgment debtor; the onus is on you to take enforcement steps, write Addleshaw Goddards Jonathan Mills and Georgina Skuse
What it is: blockchain
Peter Thomas, chief operating officer of the Leasing Foundation, gives an overview of new technologies that will impact the leasing industry. This month’s focus is blockchain
Reorganising for the age of collaboration
Graham Donald, managing director, Equiniti Pancredit, discusses the possible subsidence of ‘digital disruption’ opening up to a more collaborative approach between banks and fintech startups.
Tracking the changes to UK leasing taxation
Peter Casey, senior manager in the fixed assets tax group at KPMG, examines the most recent leasing tax consultation from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the UK tax agency.
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What it is: a guide to lease technology
Professor Peter Thomas, COO of the Leasing Foundation, launches a regular column on new technologies that will impact the industry. This month he gives an overview of chatbots
A question of reputation
After media disclosures about margins on public sector leasing contracts, the leasing industry must protect its reputation by instituting its own quality controls, says John Bennett, principal at JB Associates
ELFF: US equipment leasing and finance industry confidence rises
Equipment and leasing industry confidence rose in August, according to Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI).
Picken: a strong stance on Brexit is positive for SMEs
Shire Leasing managing director Mark Picken says the strong stance on Brexit taken by British Prime Minister Theresa May is helping positivity for SMEs
You can do block discounting in Scotland
As block discounting over the last few years has become such a prevalent source of finance for secondary lenders, this may be an opportune moment to scotch the myth that block discounting cannot be undertaken in Scotland, writes Bruce Wood of Morton Fraser