Earlier this year, Belgium woke up to a new landscape in protections for SME borrowers. Amendments to the 2013 SME Financing Act came into force, extending protections for SMEs and placing heftier reg…
Beyond the asset: the future of the product as a service
Since leasing’s earliest days, access to usage without the burden of ownership has always been a major selling point for the asset finance industry. Does the usership model have the potential to becom…
Time for UK agriculture to update its financial base?
Fortunes in UK agriculture have been varied in recent years. In an industry traditionally based around ownership of assets, could leasing give farmers some much-needed financial breathing space? Loren…
The Netherlands: where leasing dares to trust in the future
These are good times for Dutch leasing companies, which have managed to build on the upturn in demand in 2016 from companies that are already …
Can community banking fix the no-man’s land of lending to SMES?
At an October meeting, the London Assembly’s Economy Committee set out to assess what “the Mayor, financial services sector and the charitable sector can do …
The 2017 Leasing Life Power 50
The fifth edition of the Leasing Life Power 50 sees the industry vote for whom it believes are the greatest influencers and industry pioneers over the past year.…
Industry insight: Who owns the future?
Peter Thomas of the Leasing Foundation on the organisation’s attitudes to disruptive technologies that are set to dominate leasing in the coming years.…
Technology and lending trends
Stuart Clark, head of Lombard Technology, and Keith Nowland, UK head of sales for Lombard Technology Services, spoke to Brian Cantwell.…
The Star Credo: trust in the deal
Star Asset Finance group chief executive officer Steve Swift speaks to Brian Cantwell about Credo, the business’s most recent acquisition. What were the plans in …
The future of freight
Freight mobility has embarked on a journey of technological change. As artificial intelligence and increasingly specialised data come into play, the digitalisation of commercial fleets …