All articles by Saad Ahmed

TCH Leasing appoints McCormack business development manager for Flexi Fleet

Aldermore reaches £200m in block discounting

Aldermore Bank has provided over £200m (€234m) in block discounting since it began offering the product in 2011.

Lessors feature among FT’s list of fastest growing European businesses

A number of asset finance providers have featured in the FT1000, the Financial Times’ list of Europe’s 1,000 fastest growing businesses.

MarketInvoice provides £130m in funding in first quarter of 2017

MarketInvoice has provided £129.6m (€152m) in funding to British businesses over the first quarter of this year, up from £81.1m in the same period of 2016.

A cycle of innovation and disruption

Leasing Life’s inaugural Chief Executives’ Lending Forum took place on 29 March at Holborn Bars, London. The event brought together banks, lessors and others to discuss key trends and developments relating to the future of lending to SMEs. Saad Ahmed reports back with an early overview.

Defining the relationship

Arrangements between lessors and vendors to provide point-of-sale finance for products are nothing new, but as customer needs change, lessors must balance revenue priorities with customer demands, and the preferences of vendor partners. Saad Ahmed speaks to key lessors on how the sector is evolving.

Bibby FS appoints Smith as UK corporate sales director

Bibby Financial Services has appointed Ben Smith as UK corporate sales director as it continues its executive and management shuffle.

FLA: Asset finance grew 8% year-on-year in February to £2.15bn

Asset finance increased by 8% year-on-year to reach £2.15bn (€2.51bn) in February, according to figures released by the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA).

Santander provides asset finance package to seafood processing company

Santander Corporate & Commercial has provided a six-figure funding package to a seafood processing company to expand its American exports.

Alphabet appoints Oswald as CFO

Fleet provider Alphabet GB has appointed Stefan Oswald to the role of chief financial officer, replacing Albert Vissers, who returned to Alphabet’s operation in the Netherlands.