Optimum Finance appoints ex-Microsoft director as CTO
Mon 1 Mar 2021
Optimum Finance has appointed ex-Microsoft global director Gordon McIntosh as CTO, furthering its specialism in the FinTech space.
Asset & Invoice Finance
Nimbla: Arcadia collapse could see £250m invoices go unpaid
Mon 30 Nov 2020
As Arcadia Group heads towards administration, Nimbla has estimated that around £250m of invoices owed to suppliers will go unpaid.
MarketFinance secures £50m from latest funding line
Mon 7 Sep 2020
MarketFinance recently added business loans and revolving credit facilities to its product suite.
Midlands Asset Finance appoints director
Wed 24 Jun 2020
The appointment will increase MAFs agriculture and construction exposure.
Credifolio launched as the first free mobile credit scoring app for SMEs
Mon 18 May 2020
The mobile-first product has been designed to help SMEs minimise their exposure to credit risk by providing real-time data-led insights.
MarketFinance offers cash flow solution to SMEs waiting for government funds
Wed 22 Apr 2020
Organisations across the country up to £20bn out of pocket as they pay the first round of wages to the eight million employees furloughed so far.
Regency Factors hires Lee Jones as BDM
Wed 29 Aug 2018
He will be responsible for driving business expansion to support the UK SME sectors with their finance needs.
2018 SFI Awards: The Gallery
Fri 6 Jul 2018
Last Friday afternoon we welcomed 300 of the UK’s best specialist finance professionals to the spectacular Madison rooftop venue in London’s St Paul’s. Twenty seven awards were handed out to deserving companies and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the industry this year.
MAF launches nationwide ‘supplier partnership programme’
Tue 27 Feb 2018
Midlands Asset Finance, has launched a programme that sees its online platform, Asset Finance Compared, partner with vendors across the country. The programme has been developed to enable suppliers and their end-customers to access a fast pricing engine and an immediate credit-decisioning process to increase the volume of sales. The platform also provides the supplier […]
Brokers predict asset finance demand boost in 2018
Tue 2 Jan 2018
Some 39% of brokers believe demand for asset finance funding will continue to increase this year, according to a recent ‘broker sentiment’ poll, carried out by United Trust Bank. In addition to the 39% who expect demand to increase, 25% of brokers expect demand from SMEs for asset finance to stabilise and 8% feel activity […]