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Verdict Staff

Funder attempts to reinvent its asset finance wheel

As reported by Leasing Life last month, Funding Circle has relaunched its asset finance offering to provide a quicker service to clients. Brian Cantwell has a Q&A with James Lovett and David de Koning from Funding Circle to find out why it was needed and where they see their company’s asset finance product developing

Fleet Friday: autumnal sliding

The weekly round up of fleet news, this week looking at falling prices, rising e-procurement sales, Nissan Leafs and more. by Jonathan Minter

UK’s Secure Trust Bank adds James Bingham to sales team

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has strengthened its team in the south of the UK with the appointment of James Bingham as regional sales director.

Luxembourg investment firm to spend $20m via P2P leasing platform

Aviation and Tech Capital, the company behind peer to business lending platform Ablrate.com, has signed an agreement with Luxembourg-based investment firm Synthesis to invest $20m through the Ablrate platform.

Fleet Friday: BMWs and beer edition

The weekly round up of fleet news. This week featuring BMW fleet results, a growing fleet for a brewer and big data

US sees leasing leap; ELFA appoints new board and chair

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $827bn (€652.55bn) equipment finance sector, showed the overall new business volume for September was $9.4bn, up 21% from the new business volume in September 2013.

Lex: a clean van is good business

Lloyds fleet arm, Lex Autolease, has published research showing that UK SMEs will tend to pick a business with a clean van when choosing where to trade.

Fleet Friday: EVs, apps, trucks and Mazda

The weekly round-up of fleet news. This week featuring news from Alphabet, Mazda, Fleet Logistics and more. By Jonathan Minter

Fleet Friday: It’s Iconic

The weekly round up of fleet news, this week featuring Manheim value figures, telematics, and a new broker platform for Alphabet. By Jonathan Minter, Brian Cantwell and Isabella Grotto

Aldermore appoints asset finance marketing head

Aldermore Bank has recruited Sarah Beller as head of marketing for its asset finance division.