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Verdict Staff

Take stock of funding

There’s a great deal of talk within the automotive sector around the FCA regulations and the impact that they will have on dealer trading. However, when it comes to finance for cars, the stocking finance for your new and used stock should always be one of your business priorities.

A larger slice of the finance cake please

Motor finance is on a roll. Strong margins and increased volumes are a recipe that has seen existing players target increased volumes and new market entrants. Yet, all may not be quite as rosy as this high-level summary suggests, as Graham Filmer explains

Responding to FCA enquiries – are you prepared?

Sally Butt and Chris Brennan discuss how a robust record-keeping system, the right team in place, and constructive dialogue are key to a satisfactory response from an FCA enquiry

Fleet Friday: going off road

The weekly round up of fleet news. This week featuring Jaguar Land Rover plans in the market, Alphabet making a parking partnership, Lex counting the costs of poor driving and more

Motor Finance Power 50 voting open

Voting for the Motor Finance Power 50 has opened.

New Account manager for epyx

Automotive technology provider epyx has recruited Jenny Chambers as a senior account manager for its 1link Service Network.

Fleet Friday: Counting the costs

The weekly round up of fleet news, this week featuring Colin Tourick, The EU, an American utilities company and more. By Jonathan Minter

Wholesale inventory funding in the UK

This is the first half of a two-part extract from a paper Richard Jewitt presented to the Financial Conduct Authority in order to highlight gaps in wholesale inventory funding supervision

Non-disclosure of commission renders relationship unfair

In a judgment with potentially far-reaching implications for motor finance companies, the Supreme Court has given its long awaited decision in Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd & Another.

Moneyway ups lending as finance grows

John Simpson discusses current trends in the car industry, opportunities for motor finance providers, and what to expect in the coming months