Santander
Santanders Acebes joins Leaseurope board
Jose Martin Castro Acebes, director of Financial and Operating Lease at Santander has been appointed to the board of Leaseurope.Acebes…
Garfit appointed head of Santander Asset Finance
Charles Garfit has been appointed as the new head of Santander Asset Finance (SAF), following Mike Oxby's promotion to the…
Fleet Friday: Santander, Alphabet, Acfo
A weekly roundup of fleet news from around the UK and Europe Santander company car scheme ‘exceedingly’ popular More than…
Santander picks Zenith for company car scheme
Santander has begun a new company car scheme in the UK, run by Zenith. The scheme is available to 750 UK…
Asset finance on banks’ agendas
The FLA has welcomed a move to point businesses toward alternative forms of finance by the Business Finance Taskforce, made…
Santander and Zenith Provecta launch fleet solution
Santander Corporate Banking and Zenith Provecta, the fleet management specialist, have jointly launched a fleet funding and management solution for…
Bibby victorious at CRS tournament
Bibby Financial Services has emerged as a formidable force in 5-a-side football, beating GE Commercial Finance 2-1 in the final…
Work-Life quiz: Ana Bártolo
Name: Ana Bártolo Current job: Fortis Lease Portugal’s risk manager. Career: Almost all of it has been in the credit…
In Brief 3
Banqsoft signs contract with DnB NOR Finans Software house Banqsoft has just signed a major contract with Norway’s largest financial…
Tripling business in three years
As Santander forges ahead across Europe, it is committed to building up its asset finance capability across large parts of…
Banqsoft signs contract with DnB NOR Finans
Lease software specialist Banqsoft has just signed a major contract with Norway’s largest financial services group DnB NOR Finans covering Norway,…
Basement talk
Happy days for British brokers Life is improving for embattled British brokers. Not only is Barclays Asset & Sales Finance…
Oxby joins new Santander from Lombard (Free)
Mike Oxby has departed Lombard, the leasing arm of RBS, to lead the asset finance division of Santander Corporate Banking.…
One year on – leasing arms of British banks move to Santander model
The long-awaited merger between Santander and Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley is finally beginning to take shape;…
Banking and SME focus for A&L
Following much debate, it appears Spanish banking group Santander does not plan any major restructuring of its UK asset finance…