Motor Finance: Europe Conference & Awards 2019

Headline Partner

Alfa Financial Software

Alfa has been delivering systems and consultancy services to the global asset finance industry since 1990.

Our best practice methodologies and specialised knowledge of asset finance mean that we deliver the largest system implementations and most complex business change projects. With an excellent delivery history over our 29 years in the industry, Alfa’s track record is unrivalled.

Alfa Systems, our class-leading technology platform, is at the heart of some of the world’s largest asset finance companies. Key to the business case for each implementation is Alfa Systems’ ability to consolidate multiple client systems on a single platform. Alfa Systems supports both retail and corporate business for auto, equipment, wholesale and dealer finance on a multijurisdictional basis, including leases/loans, originations and servicing. An end-to-end solution with integrated workflow and automated processing using business rules, the opportunities that Alfa Systems presents to asset finance companies are clear and compelling.

We know that no one project is like another. Gaining a competitive advantage in the modern marketplace demands fresh innovation every time. We work to understand your business completely, then align our implementation methodology with your business practices. We work with you to shape the solution that fills all the gaps.

Our people are only the most talented graduates and professionals. All our consultants operate in all areas of the business, from preliminary client contact and requirements definition right through to manning the support desk. This ensures all our staff develop and maintain excellent all-round expertise.

With over 30 current clients and 26 countries served, Alfa has offices all over Europe, Asia-Pacific and the United States. For more information, visit alfasystems.com.

Gold Partner

White Clarke Group

White Clarke Group is a leader in software solutions and consultancy to the automotive finance sector for Retail, Fleet and Wholesale. It is a global organization employing over 600 professionals, with offices in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Austria, Germany, India and China.

White Clarke Group’s award-winning CALMS software is a full lifecycle enterprise solution that provides a flexible workflow approach, which automates the entire business process from origination through to contract and portfolio management.

It is the solution of choice for captive and independent finance companies trusted by more than 100 customers in 30 countries. It is multilingual, multi-GAAP, multi-currency and multi business-culture. It is true straight-through processing, to help you maximize operational efficiency and drive down cost.

The company has over 25 years of experience working with companies such as: Daimler Financial Services, Toyota Financial Services, BMW Financial Services, Opel Vauxhall Finance, Volkswagen Financial Services, Volvo Finance, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and LeasePlan.

This company has been recognised by several industry organisations and trade bodies. Latest awards include: Best Use of Technology, Best Point of Sale in Motor Finance, Digital Innovation of the Year, Best Automotive Finance and Leasing Software Provider.

To find out more visit www.whiteclarkegroup.com

Exclusive Tech Workshop Partner

NETSOL

NETSOL Technologies (NASDAQ:NTWK) is a worldwide provider of IT solutions, serving the asset finance and leasing industry worldwide. With local support and delivery centres in 8 cities around the world, our team of 1500+ experts ensures that our clients benefit from the deep industry insight we have developed over the course of 4 decades. Having rapidly expanded to several locations across the globe and providing superior technology solutions to the biggest names in the leasing and finance industry, NETSOL has an ethos of excellence and innovation through constantly devoting time and resources to a well-rounded team of skilled and experienced professionals.

Strategy Workshop Partner

Capgemini Invent

As the digital innovation, consulting and transformation brand of the Capgemini Group, Capgemini Invent helps CxOs envision and build what’s next for their organizations. Located in more than 30 offices and 22 creative studios around the world, its 6,000+ strong team combines strategy, technology, data science and creative design with deep industry expertise and insights, to develop new digital solutions and business models of the future.

Capgemini Invent is an integral part of Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation. The Group is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients’ opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organizations to realize their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. Capgemini is driven by the conviction that the business value of technology comes from and through people. It is a multicultural company of over 200,000 team members in more than 40 countries. The Group reported 2018 global revenues of EUR 13.2 billion. People matter, results count.

Silver Partner

Ivendi

iVendi is arguably the world leader in online motor finance technology, connected to more than 7,000 dealers, generating more than 90bn automatic finance quotations every day, and providing individual quotations on more than 250,000 cars, vans and motorbikes every month. We work closely with leading finance providers to make it easier to sell and finance new and used vehicles online, increasing the penetration of all motor finance products by putting the customer in control of the entire process, as well as directly aiding compliance. To find out more visit ivendi.com, e-mail enquiries@ivendi.com or call 0345 226 0503.

Silver Partner

KPMG

KPMG’s dedicated global Automotive team supports all aspects of the automotive value chain.

KPMG’s global Automotive sector works with many of the largest and most successful automotive companies in the world. Everything relevant to Automotive Financial Services, including Captive and Non-Captive business, is centrally pooled in KPMG’s Global Captive Steering Group.

KPMG´s Global Captive Steering Group includes global experts and leading industry professionals with longstanding experience in Automotive Financial Services. Their international mindsets particularly facilitate smooth global communication and cross-border cooperations.

The seamlessly networked Automotive sector and Global Captive Steering  Group make KPMG a partner of choice in the fields of Automotive Financial Services Consulting, Audit and Tax.

Silver Partner

Namirial

Namirial is a multinational information technology provider with headquarters in Senigallia, Italy. Its major line of business is digital transaction management, including various trust services like e-signature. Namirial has been identified as a global leader in this field by analysts several times. The group serves large enterprises with global operations as well as small and medium business.

Namirial products, services and solutions enable holistic digital transformation of document-based business processes. Organizations running Namirial solutions accelerated their customer onboarding and contracting processes, reduced their acquisition cost, improved conversion rate and significantly enhanced customer satisfaction. Senders of review and signing requests enjoy and easy workflow orchestration. Customers, business partners and employees alike are enabled to sign legally binding anytime, anywhere on any device.

Namirial is operating as certified Qualified Trust Service Provider according to EU Regulation 910/2014 eIDAS,  issuing digital certificates for creation of qualified and advanced electronic signatures.

Bronze Partner

Autorola

AUTOROLA Group, headquartered in Denmark, is a global leader in online remarketing and automotive IT solutions for professional used car and fleet management.

The company has currently approximately 450 employees and subsidiaries in 19 countries across Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia-Pacific

AUTOROLA Group is divided into three global business units:

SOLUTIONS: Customized solutions to fleet owners covering the specific needs in OEM, bank and leasing segments all over the world

MARKETPLACE: Wide range of online auctions for European and global vehicle vendors driven by our platform used by over 70,000 active buyers

INDICATA: The next generation of business intelligence and market insights software for the management of used vehicle inventories.   With access to real time smart data, INDICATA also support risk and portfolio management for banks, financial services/leasing companies and insurers.

Bronze Partner

Codix

CODIX is a market leading provider of iMX, a Commercial and Personal Finance software solution, including implementation and maintenance services through its subsidiaries on 5 continents.

iMX covers all finance types including equipment finance, car finance, IT finance, fleet management, loans, mortgage, real estate leasing, …and the whole finance process from front to back including: brokers management, risk analysis, assets order and delivery, insurances, services, all collection stages, invoicing / payment, after sales modification, contract termination, off-lease assets, …

iMX is capable to handle large volumes in real-time, based on a flexible business rules event-driven engine.

Bronze Partner

FICO

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading analytics software company, helping businesses in 90+ countries make better decisions that drive higher levels of growth, profitability and customer satisfaction. FICO’s ground-breaking use of Big Data and mathematical algorithms to predict consumer behaviour has transformed entire industries. The company provides analytics software and tools used across multiple industries to manage risk, fight fraud, build more profitable customer relationships, optimize operations and meet strict regulations. Many of our products reach industry-wide adoption — such as the FICO^® Score, the standard measure of consumer credit risk in the United States. FICO helps auto finance companies integrate all aspects of the credit risk lifecycle from marketing, acquisition, customer management, financial crime and compliance through the use of preconfigured software, advanced analytics, credit and non-credit scoring solutions. Our decisioning capabilities can take you to a new level to find, acquire, manage, protect your customers and differentiate from the competition.

Bronze Partner

ITDS group

ITDS Business Consultants, a Redmore Company, is a leading consultancy firm for the financial industry with 1600 highly skilled employees and a turnover of 130 M EUR. Redmore is part of House of HR with over 34,000 employees all over Europe. The Redmore group portfolio consists of market leaders in business and IT for banks, specialized asset finance providers, insurance companies and pension funds. TrippleA, an authority in actuarial- and risk management, Talent&Pro, the largest seconder with financial services and Profource, specialist in ERP, Finance and Control. The group offers its European clients a total package in the field of  high-end consulting, ICT and staffing. ITDS excels in digital strategy delivery and implementation of best of breed lending solutions. ITDS has delivered successful strategic projects throughout Europe since 1998. We combine the experience we’ve accumulated with in-depth knowledge of technologies, business processes and EU legislation to unlock new business opportunities.

Bronze Partner

MotoNovo

MotoNovo Finance is one of the leading independent finance companies in the UK.  The multi award-winning business has established a strong reputation for leading innovation and change in the UK motor finance sector. Already in 2018, the business has launched MotoNovo Commercial, a dedicated Commercial and SME business operation, and findandfundmycar.com a ground-breaking collaboration with car dealers designed to re-define the car buying & financing process. MotoNovo Finance’s Commercial and SME business is led by Luke Curtis who will be a panel member at this year’s Motor Finance Europe Conference.

Bronze Partner

Quotevine

Quotevine is a UK Based company. We have over 75 years combined experience in the Asset Finance, Automotive Finance, Digital and Banking tech space. We understand the problems and the clients, and we are looking to collaborate with them to build solutions that put the customer first.

We provide a suite of SaaS solutions with a digital-first approach. Innovation and efficiency sit at the heart of what we do; ensuring the proposal to payout journey is frictionless. We champion collaboration by working with global tech partners to ensure our solutions offer rich and relevant functionality, aligning with customers’ changing expectations.

Quotevine offers a full end to end solution from proposal to in-life asset management. We have built a solution with new technology and an API first approach allowing a modular approach of implementation for our clients. This approach as well has enabled us to deliver micro-services out of the platform to target specific problems and propositions. Some great examples are Terms Management in the Auto Finance market and Dynamic Pricing in Asset and Auto market. This technology and how its delivered could power relevant applications like fleet car sharing and SME creative Asset Finance.

Bronze Partner

Scrive

Founded in 2010, Scrive quickly became the Nordic market leader for electronic signature solutions. Today over 1800 customers in 40 countries, and their signers in over 190 countries, use Scrive’s flagship eSign service to formalise documents on any device.

As an innovator in workflow automation requiring electronic signatures and identity verification, Scrive’s expertise and experience in scalable digitalisation has made us the trusted partner of some of the largest and most forward-thinking enterprises in the Nordics and beyond.

Automobile financing is one of many industries where Scrive solutions are having a transformative impact. Accelerated contract processing powered by Scrive is setting new standards for error-free documents, faster payouts and a modern purchasing experience, driving satisfaction and loyalty for both dealers and customers of Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and others.

Scrive’s growing suite of solutions and tools for streamlining and validating digital workflows are marked by an exceptional user experience, strong authentication features and world-class legal evidence to protect each signature.

Security and compliance being paramount, every Scrive solution offers state-of-the-art electronic identity verification and authentication options, and every signed document is digitally sealed using blockchain technology to safeguard it against fraud and forgery, now and for the future.

Bronze Partner

SETCCE

About SETCCE

SETCCE is a well-established software development company, specialized in Digital Transactions Management (DTM). Throughout 18 years of active participation on this growing market, it gained a deep domain knowledge within highly demanding industries and established a focused portfolio of IT solutions and services.

Developing one of the most advanced on-premise and cloud-based DTM family of products, SETCCE is focused to deliver trusted services for electronic signing, electronic invoicing and electronic archiving. With this range of advanced DTM services SETCCE clients significantly benefit from introducing paperless business in B2C and B2B environments.

Meeting the requirements of (inter)national regulations and industry-specific standards SETCCE is able to operate on international markets and in complex multi-party environments. Its electronic signing platform ePero® is already associated and used within the automotive industry supporting various transaction management scenarios ranging from car registration and service check-ups to insurance policies, loan agreements, rental contracts, etc.

SETCCE’s overall objective is to help clients in implementing digital future with trusted digital transactions supporting their workflow processes.

Panel Partner

Billing Finance

We are a privately run, family owned finance company founded in 1983 and based in Northampton.  We offer hire purchase agreements to consumers throughout the UK.

We focus on customers with non-standard credit profiles that may not fit the automated underwriting processes of other lenders.

We are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Our approach of assessing customers’ affordability using a combination of automatic and manual underwriting means we are perfectly placed to specialise in near-prime finance.

We finance cars, motorbikes as well as light commercial vehicles and leisure vehicles.

Most of our customers apply for finance through a network of trusted brokers.  Customers can apply for finance directly or can call us.

We believe in putting customers at the heart of everything we do.

Panel Partner

Sofico

Sofico is a leading software provider to the automotive financing, leasing, fleet and mobility management industry. Our Miles Solution covers contracted/managed vehicle usage for a broad spectrum of product lines: financing, leasing, renting and sharing. Miles manages vehicles and contracts across their full life-cycle, from origination to end of life, and spans everything from back to front office.

Lunch Partner

Codeweavers

Codeweavers is a highly innovative software specialist, which has established a strong reputation for its ground-breaking finance technology over the last 15 years. The business’ hybrid development ethos combines; collaborative market-led insight; emerging and best practices from other omnichannel markets, a deep appreciation of regulatory requirements, with an on-time and on budget agile ‘extreme programming’ development framework. The agility and quality of the solutions provided by Codeweavers have helped to build very strong relationships with some high profile customers such as BMW, MINI, Peugeot, Citroen, Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Suzuki, Close Brothers,  Alphabet UK and Auto Trader. Codeweavers also support in excess of 5,500 dealers. Codeweavers handle over 44,000 proposals and 32 billion calculations per month.

Exhibitor

Apak Group

Apak Group’s Wholesale Finance Floorplanning System (WFS) is a proven, highly versatile and scalable automotive finance solution. Specifically developed to standardise, streamline and automate dealer funding operations, WFS can be rolled out into multiple markets on a single global platform. Significantly improving operational efficiency and productivity and providing rich functionality in a single application, it is widely recognised as the preferred solution for major banks and captive finance providers internationally. With 40 years of extensive experience of developing and implementing dealer funding solutions on a global scale, Apak Group has the largest worldwide network of professional business and technical expertise in wholesale finance technology.

Exhibitor

Asseco Data Systems

Asseco Data Systems S.A. is the main producer and developer of software for leasing sector on Polish  market. It provides IT infrastructure for public administration, offers data centres, mass communication and human capital management systems. The company specializes also in security as the largest Polish provider of trust services. Nearly 1000 experts in diverse competencies and locations. A credible partner in creation, development and maintenance of IT systems delivered both to business and public administration entities with excellent knowledge of clients’ needs and potential of being part of one of the biggest IT companies in Europe – Asseco Group.

Table Host

KPMG

KPMG’s dedicated global Automotive team supports all aspects of the automotive value chain.

KPMG’s global Automotive sector works with many of the largest and most successful automotive companies in the world. Everything relevant to Automotive Financial Services, including Captive and Non-Captive business, is centrally pooled in KPMG’s Global Captive Steering Group.

KPMG´s Global Captive Steering Group includes global experts and leading industry professionals with longstanding experience in Automotive Financial Services. Their international mindsets particularly facilitate smooth global communication and cross-border cooperations.

The seamlessly networked Automotive sector and Global Captive Steering  Group make KPMG a partner of choice in the fields of Automotive Financial Services Consulting, Audit and Tax.

Table Host

MoneyBarn

Moneybarn has a 23 year legacy of providing vehicle finance and is the UK’s leading lender in the sub-prime market. In 2014, Moneybarn joined the Provident Financial Group, the UK’s leading suppliers of personal credit products in the non-standard market and a FTSE 100 company.

Providing finance products that allow their customers to choose a vehicle of their choice, Moneybarn work in partnership with a network of introducers to help those who may have been refused credit by mainstream lenders. By putting the needs of customers first, Moneybarn was awarded ‘Sub-Prime Lender of the Year’ in 2016.

Table Host

NETSOL

NETSOL Technologies (NASDAQ:NTWK) is a worldwide provider of IT solutions, serving the asset finance and leasing industry worldwide. With local support and delivery centres in 8 cities around the world, our team of 1500+ experts ensures that our clients benefit from the deep industry insight we have developed over the course of 4 decades. Having rapidly expanded to several locations across the globe and providing superior technology solutions to the biggest names in the leasing and finance industry, NETSOL has an ethos of excellence and innovation through constantly devoting time and resources to a well-rounded team of skilled and experienced professionals.

Table Host

Namirial

Namirial is a multinational information technology provider with headquarters in Senigallia, Italy. Its major line of business is digital transaction management, including various trust services like e-signature. Namirial has been identified as a global leader in this field by analysts several times. The group serves large enterprises with global operations as well as small and medium business.

Namirial products, services and solutions enable holistic digital transformation of document-based business processes. Organizations running Namirial solutions accelerated their customer onboarding and contracting processes, reduced their acquisition cost, improved conversion rate and significantly enhanced customer satisfaction. Senders of review and signing requests enjoy and easy workflow orchestration. Customers, business partners and employees alike are enabled to sign legally binding anytime, anywhere on any device.

Namirial is operating as certified Qualified Trust Service Provider according to EU Regulation 910/2014 eIDAS,  issuing digital certificates for creation of qualified and advanced electronic signatures.

Table Host

Shoosmiths

Shoosmiths LLP is a major national UK law firm with over 140 partners (and equivalents) and more than 1,400 personnel at 10 different locations across the UK (including Scotland).Clients include household name blue chip companies, leading financial institutions and foreign-owned corporates. We have been ranked as a top firm in recent years’ Legal Week Client Satisfaction Reports and are listed in the Financial Times top 50 Innovative Lawyers in Europe. We were also named Best Legal Employer in Legal Week’s 2015 survey. We are recognised as a leading advisor in the automotive sector in the UK for financial services, recoveries and commercial contracts amongst others.

Media Partner

Just Auto

just-auto provides news, analysis and market intelligence to support the automotive industry. Driven by a passion for an industry with a global turnover of €3 trillion that supports 60 million jobs, just-auto offer an independent voice with a global remit, championing automotive best practice wherever they find it.

Knowledge Partner

BDA

The association of banks and leasing companies of the automotive industry („Banken der Automobilwirtschaft, BDA”) is the umbrella organisation of the eleven manufacturer-linked (captive) financial service providers within the automobile industry in Germany. The association acts as a joint platform and helps placing the captive financial services in the public eye. Representing a total of 34 automobile brands the BDA members are a major driving force of the key segment “mobility” in the German economy. Member institutions are BMW Bank, FCA Bank Deutschland, Ford Bank, Opel Bank, Honda Bank, Hyundai Capital Bank Europe, Mercedes-Benz Bank, MKG Bank, RCI Banque, Toyota Financial Services and Volkswagen Financial Services.

Coffee Break Partner

Close Brothers Leasing

The Wholesale Fleet team, who form part of the Close Brothers Leasing division, provide tailored funding solutions for the UK’s vehicle industry and currently fund 95% of the independent companies in the Fleet News Top 50 Contract Hire list.

Wholesale Fleet provide backing for independent contract hire and rental companies, as well as dealer finance in the form of an Employee Car Ownership Scheme and a Stocking Finance solution. Our experienced team can structure facilities in a variety of circumstances, focusing on relationships and commerciality as well as financial performance.

Media Partner

BusinessCar / What Van?

Business Car is information, analysis and advice for organisations providing cars for employees.

The subscription-only magazine has the highest circulation of any publication in the UK fleet sector, according to ABC, with 18,923 copies delivered monthly.

It offers advice, insight and analysis to fleet decision-makers, or HR and finance professionals with responsibility for company vehicles.

BusinessCar.co.uk has a vast array of information in addition to the printed magazine, with more opinion, data and running cost figures.

Business Car also produces industry-leading events, including the National Green Mobility Conference, Business Car Awards, and fleet round tables, bringing readers and the fleet sector closer together.

Become an Event Partner

The 5th Annual Motor Finance: Europe Conference and Awards 2019 boasts a variety of exciting sponsorship and exhibition opportunities. Features include prime speaking positions on the main programme, an exhibition offering suppliers a platform to network and showcase their solutions, and intimate roundtable discussion groups, enabling vendors to promote their solutions in interactive sessions.

If you have a service or product you would like to showcase, please use the details below to make contact with our team.

Ray Giddings
Phone: +44 (0)20 3096 2585
Email: ray.giddings@timetric.com