Commercial Finance People – providers of specialist recruitment services to the finance sector and contributor to KPMG’s Report on Jobs, confirms that its experience of recruitment patterns is mirroring the findings of the latest Report with an upturn in both vacancies and placements. Continue Reading

Paul Clark, partner of MCR, a firm dedicated to providing turnaround, restructuring and forensic services looks at the rise in fraud in the invoice finance industry Continue Reading

Can asset finance lenders embrace cashflow finance quickly enough to take advantage of the ID boom? Continue Reading

Premier Invoice and Asset Based Lender Venture Finance has published its “The Evolution of Invoice and Asset Based Lending” white paper following a high-level industry think tank. Continue Reading

This ‘first of a kind’ index tracks small business debt factoring volumes over the previous two years. It shows the final quarter of 2009 will see increasing business failures and trading conditions are likely to worsen again in quarter one of 2010. Continue Reading

The need to manage risk is a fact of life in the current economic climate. Andrew Duncan, partner with Bridge Business Recovery, explains how an effective risk policy could be the difference between success and failure. Continue Reading

The UK business community is at its strongest financially since July 2008, according to Experian. Continue Reading

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – 11/16/09) – The Commercial Finance Association (CFA) has released its Quarterly Asset-Based Lending Index, Q3 2009, revealing a dramatic 29 percent increase in new credit commitments among asset-based lenders. Continue Reading

As jet lessors face the worst recession in aviation history, Julia Kollewe from Asset Finance Europe takes the pulse of the industry. Continue Reading

Following the publication of his book, ‘A Blueprint For Better Banking’, Niels Kroner comments on banks’ approach to lending:

Over the past year, the media has been full of terrible news about the availability of credit to most companies, especially SMEs. Many lenders, even relatively healthy ones, seemed to have tightened credit standards considerably. Continue Reading