Over the next few days, many asset finance brokers will be busy reviewing materials sent by funders, as we approach the deadline for the...

Regulated asset finance brokers are unlikely to have missed the fact that they are required to implement the FCA’s new Consumer Duty...

As we enter 2023, the UK leasing industry is just gearing up for its essential role in supporting a post-Covid recovery in business...

In previous posts in October 2020 and January this year, I have queried the fraud and loss rates on Bounce Back Loans. Today, the...

On 12 July, the FCA published findings from its review assessing how retail banks treat their SME customers who are in collections and...

In an unusually wide-ranging consultation, the government is seeking views on possible reforms to tax capital allowances, the system by...

In October 2020, my blog - The tale of how the British Business Bank forced Rishi Sunak to launch the Bounce Back Loans Scheme -...

In November, I suggested a need for the 'asset register that isn't an asset register' in my blog here (and see LinkedIn comments here)....

In August last year, my blog Psst! Asset finance brokers, do you want a 50% discount on FCA fees? Just do a bit less work... reported how...

For decades, the leasing industry has been continually exposed to fraud by the lack of a national equipment asset register. Although...

Over the summer, many asset finance brokers have received one or more thuds on their doorsteps - or the email equivalent - being annual...

Since July, most asset finance brokers who have been paying the minimum annual FCA fees of around £600 (including various extras) have...

Hot on the heels of changes to FCA rules affecting the use of Difference in Charges commission models (see my previous articles), a...

Barclays’ announcement in April that it was selling what remained of its UK asset finance business came too late to be reflected in this...

As part of its Q1 results announcements last week, Barclays announced a deal to offer credit to Amazon customers in the UK, building on...

It’s no surprise that some unwelcome finance practices take place in some car dealerships. Seven years after taking over consumer...

This article is a follow-up to my blog in August after the FCA issued its final rules concerning discretionary commission models for...

Yesterday, two quite bizarre points about the Bounce Bank Loans Scheme (BBLS) emerged, as reported by James Hurley in the Times. First,...

As many leasing businesses start to approach their September or December year-ends, finance directors, boards and external auditors will...

On Monday the FCA issued its final rules concerning discretionary commission models ('difference in charges' (DiC0 models) for motor...