All articles by Brian Cantwell

Brian Cantwell

Companies

Bluestone acquires debt collection business Empingham

Bluestone Credit Management, the financial services firm owned by a consortium including private equity firm LDC and Australian bank Macquarie, has acquired specialist UK debt collection agency Empingham Limited for an undisclosed amount.

Companies

BNP Paribas signs leasing partnership with Brocade Capital

BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions has signed a partnership agreement with Brocade Capital Solutions to deliver Brocade Leasing’s virtual IT leasing services throughout Europe, according to a joint statement from the companies.

Bank Asset Finance

Aldermore adds to non-exec board to smooth expected IPO

UK challenger bank Aldermore has hired a former Co-Operative Bank employee as a non-executive director, according to UK regulatory authority listings.

Brokers

Aldermore launches broker phone app

Aldermore has launched an asset finance application called App+ to make it easier for introducers to provide funding solutions for clients.

News

ABFA: invoice finance at all-time high on £19.3bn in Q3

The third quarter of 2014 was the biggest on record for use of asset based finance, with £19.3bn (€24.5bn) of funding in use by businesses at the end of the quarter according to the UK and ROI trade body Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA).