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Sotiris Kanaris

Secure Trust Bank adds four to team

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance, launched in September 2014, is looking to add more members to its team, which it attributed to a ‘buoyant’ asset based lending (ABL) landscape.

Google and Lending Club partner to provide low interest loans

Lending Club, the peer-to-peer lender, has partnered with Google to offer low interest loans to the search engine company’s partners.

Asset finance new business grew 12% in November

Asset finance for new business increased by 12% in November 2014, compared with the same month the previous year, Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) figures revealed.

NACFB elects new chairman

Paul Goodman has been appointed as the chairman of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) for the next two years.

RBS admits mis-selling £900m in business loans

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has admitted that it has mis-sold £900m (€1.17bn) in loans to small business customers under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme.

ELFA: US equipment finance and business investments to rise in 2015

US Equipment financing is expected to increase this year as business investment is said to reach all-time high, according to The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA).

Hampshire Trust Bank eyes broker market expansion

Hampshire Trust Bank has targeted expansion in the UK asset finance broker market by appointing a broker to a freshly-created development role.

Bank of England releases 2007-2009 court notes

Documents from Bank of England (BoE) court meetings during the financial crisis have been made public, showing the BoE was ill-prepared for the financial collapse.

Leasing industry raises over £23,000 for MacMillan Cancer Support

The UK Leasing Industry charity Christmas lunch, held at the Institute of Directors last month raised over £23,000 for MacMillan Cancer Support.

Six charged in Total Asset Ltd fraud investigation

Six businesses men involved with Total Asset Ltd (TAL) and fibre optics firm H20 Networks have been formally charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.