All articles by Brian Cantwell

Brian Cantwell

UK lease software firm Innervision appoints O’Connell as finance director

O’Connell will also help customers prepare for the upcoming changes to global lease accounting.

Editor’s letter – After Brexit we need confidence

It has been a seismic month in European politics, as the UK voted to leave the European Union on 23rd June.

Ryder appoints Dennis as UK business development director

Ryder has appointed Ian Dennis as UK business development director to promote the business to UK fleet operators.

Bank of England eases UK banks’ capital restrictions by £5.7bn

The Bank of England’s (BoE) Financial Policy Committee has eased restrictions on UK banks, releasing up to £150bn (€175.8bn) for bank-backed consumer and corporate lending.

GE Capital sheds its regulatory status

GE Capital has become the first financial institution to shed its designation as systematically important to the US financial system, given to it by US regulators three years ago.

CIT sells Canadian equipment finance arm to Laurentian Bank of Canada

CIT Group has sold its Canadian equipment finance and corporate finance business, CIT Canada, to Laurentian Bank of Canada

Shawbrook appoints Flowerday head of tech finance

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Kevin Flowerday as its head of technology finance.

Hitachi subsidises NACFB membership for its brokers

Hitachi Capital Business Finance will subsidise membership of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) for brokers working with the lender.

Shawbrook hit by £9m lease underwriting ‘control breach’, CFO resigns

Listed asset finance lender Shawbrook Bank has disclosed that it will charge itself £9m after it discovered “irregularities” in leases underwritten between 2013 and 2015.

European Investment Fund mulls future of UK investing post-Brexit

The European Investment Fund (EIF), is considering the future of investing in the UK as a result of Brexit.