All articles by Alejandro Gonzalez

Six levels of reform for the Consumer Credit Act  

Gemma Murphy Punzo, a Senior Associate for Gateley Legal identifies six aspects from the Consumer Credit Act consultation that may lay the groundwork for reform.  

Deal focus: Sberbank withdraws from European market

Sale of Austrian subsidiary represents Sberbank’s withdrawal from the European market. 

‘Incentives rather than fines’ say SMEs about sustainability: Novuna poll

Novuna Business Finance asked SMEs which methods would prompt them to take action on sustainability within their business.

Asset finance new business grew by 12% in April 2023 – FLA

“Annual new business in April at £35.3 billion was only 1% lower than the pre-pandemic peak in 2019.”

Online gateway improves B2B collections by 33%: Gaviti study

“Teams who utilise multiple tools across our platform are seeing collections teams recoup an average of 227 hours per month,” Gaviti CEO

Financing zero-emission heating is not just about heat pumps

The UK Government wants to install 600,000 heat pumps by 2028, but questions about affordability and financing remain

Lloyds Bank appoints new head of asset finance in the South

Q1 2023 saw asset finance lending in the regions increase by 37% compared to Q1 2022.

Leasing Life Conference & Awards heads to Budapest in 2023

The conference day will be followed by a gala evening dinner and awards ceremony to celebrate European-wide excellence in leasing and asset finance.

HCME ends partnership with Hungary’s MPH Epitogep, seeks new dealer

HCME has appointed Stavebne Stroje Slovakia while it finds a new dealer.

NGOs urge Raiffeisen to exit Russia