Apr 18, 2024: Following the recent Asset Finance Connect (AFC) webcast on the Finance & Leasing Association’s (FLA) broker accreditation scheme, AFC asked an investor in asset finance lenders and brokers his view on the FLA proposals for the scheme. Brokers...

 

Apr 17, 2024: During the latest Asset Finance Connect (AFC) webcast, representatives from the Finance and Leasing Association and the broker community came together to discuss the FLA’s broker accreditation scheme and its implications for the broker channel. An...

 

Mar 22, 2024: The FLA's asset finance broker accreditation scheme forms a key part of a move to ensure lenders and brokers step forward together to address concerns around best practice, minimising the risk of being caught on the back foot. This was the message ...

 

Mar 20, 2024: With commercial finance brokers assuming an increasingly critical role in supporting SMEs, ensuring intermediaries can evidence they meet regulatory standards is gaining ever greater importance, according to Norman Chambers, managing director of th...

 

Mar 15, 2024: The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) anticipates between 50–100 broker firms will sign up to its newly launched asset finance accreditation scheme within the first year, which the trade association says is specifically designed to significan...

 

Mar 12, 2024: Proportionality in regulation is becoming a key concern in the asset finance market, given the increasingly onerous requirements of financial services regulators who may not be familiar with the sector’s complexities. Too much – or poorly targeted...

 

Feb 21, 2024: The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has announced a new service offering funders a single-source broker review, streamlining the checking process for working with intermediaries, in a move designed to reduce the cost and time required for l...