All articles by Jonathan Minter

Jonathan Minter

Jonathan is the editor of Motor Finance magazine. You can reach him at jonathan.minter@verdict.co.uk

Asset finance recruiter grows its roots

The Oakland Partnership has doubled in size since last year, and managing director Tom White says asset finance is the flavour of the month. Jonathan Minter reports

Over half UK complaints FCA related

The UK Complaints Commissioner for Financial Services (CCFS) received 61 complaints about the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over the past financial year, making up over half of the total 116 complaints it received.

FCA looks abroad for directors

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Mark Steward as the new director of enforcement and market oversight, and Barbara Frohn as the director of risk and compliance oversight.

FCA fines Lloyds group £117m for PPI complaint mishandling

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Black Horse, Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland (together Lloyds) a total of £117m for failing to treat customers fairly when handling PPI complaints between March 2012 and May 2013.

Tesla launches German finance operation with NetSol

Tesla Financial Services, the German finance arm of Tesla has officially launched, using technology provider NetSol’s business process outsourcing service to manage the finance and leasing back office process in Germany.

Oliphant named BVRLA chairman

Simon Oliphant, chairman of Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions (HCVS) has been named as the new chairman of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA).

Ebbon-Dacs to exit retail dealer management systems area to focus on fleet

Online technology firm is to go through a phased withdrawal from the retail dealer management systems (DMS) arena in order to focus resources on the fleet market.

Bamford joins Davenham as non-executive chairman

UK asset finance broker Davenham Asset Finance has appointed venture capitalist Richard Bamford to its board of directors as non-executive chairman.

FCA permission naming confusion causes company to fail

A Stockport loan call centre has gone out of business after it was incorrectly identified as not having Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) interim permissions, causing data companies to cease working with it.

FLA: majority of consumer credit firms struggling to understand FCA’s perspective

Three out of five (60%) consumer credit firms attending the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) March conference said the greatest regulatory challenge they were facing was understanding what ‘good’ compliance meant from the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) perspective.