All articles by Brian Cantwell

MP opens Aldermore’s North Oxfordshire office

RBS asset and invoice finance income down 7.5%

RBS Group’s asset and invoice finance income was down 7.5% to £662m (€753m) in 2017 from 2016’s figures.

Corporate Asset Solutions launches separate lender and broker services

Southampton-based lender Corporate Asset Solutions (CAS) has relaunched its business with divisions dedicated to services for brokers and services for lenders.

UK MPs release RBS GRG report

The UK’s Treasury committee has published the report on practices in RBS’s Global Restructuring Group unit.

British Business Bank: positive growth for asset finance in 2017

First Asset Finance appoint commercial director

First Asset Finance, the London-based structured asset finance broker has appointed a commercial director.

ThinCats extends credit team in the Midlands and North

ICC: trade finance offers low risk for bank balance sheets

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission has found that trade finance was a lower risk banking asset class than corporate or SME lending in 2017.

BFS extends trade finance factoring to SMEs

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has extended its trade finance product to include invoice discounting for commercial businesses with a turnover of up to £5m.

Japanese Brexit-related warning over UK-based manufacturers

Captive lessor parent manufacturers Nissan, Komatsu, and Hitachi could move their manufacturing bases out of the UK if Brexit means they become unprofitable.