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Aviation finance lawyer Mehtap Cevher Conti joins Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells has announced that Mehtap Cevher Conti has joined the firm’s finance practice as a partner in the New…
Asset Finance Solutions makes three appointments
Asset Finance Solutions (AFS) has made three recent appointments to their Synergy, Compliance and Franchisee teams. Melanie Harris is joining…
US BankFinancial to extend equipment finance remit
BankFinancial Corporation, a publicly-listed minority US bank, is to expand the remit of BankFinancial Equipment Finance, its asset finance division,…
Cashflow concerns cause ‘sleepless nights’ for over 50% of SME owners: poll
Over half of small business owners admitted to having “sleepless nights” over cashflow concerns, according to a recent poll by…
Secure Trust Bank appoints regional managing director
Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has appointed Richard Foote as its regional managing director for London and the South East.…
Wesleyan provides £3m block discounting to Liberty Leasing
Specialist commercial finance provider Wesleyan Bank has extended a £3m block discounting facility to Liberty Leasing, according to Wesleyan. This…
Liberty Leasing staff names Southampton hospice as its 2020 charity
UK-based specialist asset finance company Liberty Leasing has named Countess Mountbatten Hospice as its charity partner of the year. Paul…
39% of brokers expect base rate cut by year-end 2020
A United Trust Bank (UTB) broker sentiment survey has revealed over a third of brokers expect the Bank of England…
CD Auction app fires starting gun on ‘accelerated digital development’
UK-based remarketing company CD Auction Group has launched a buyers' app targeted at brokers in the motor finance trade. The…
EquipmentConnect joins Barclays Accelerator programme
Asset finance start-up EquipmentConnect is joining the award-winning Barclays Accelerator programme. Launched in 2017, EquipmentConnect is an asset finance marketplace…
Close Brothers pledge support for SMEs as bank lending slows
Close Brothers Asset Finance has responded to a recent report by UK Finance, that lending to small business by the…
UK Agricultural Finance hires three to manage business growth
Specialist agricultural sector lender UK Agricultural Finance has announced new hires on the back of improving demand for its services,…
New business holds steady in November 2019, says FLA
Total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) in November 2019 was at a similar level to the…
‘Very few firms are doing as much about AI as they are talking about,’ says Alfa’s Flegg
Although there's plenty of discussion being generated about the transformative power of AI in asset finance, "very few people are…
Aldermore appoints group managing director of retail finance
Specialist bank Aldermore has appointed Damien Thompson, former director of mortgages, to group managing director of retail finance. The appointment…