HSBC is in talks with financial group Old Mutual to buy a 70 per cent stake in Nedbank, South Africa’s fourth-largest bank, in a deal worth as much as $6.8 billion. Continue Reading

Commercial Finance People recruitment consultants and contributors to KPMG’s monthly ‘Report on Jobs’ (see excerpt below and link at page footer) report that skills shortages in specialist sectors, combined with organisations becoming increasingly selective in their requirements to support their long-term growth plans, is resulting in an upward trend in salaries being offered. Continue Reading

As a return of competition to the European leasing market looks more and more imminent, Fred Crawley gets the details on a significant comeback. Continue Reading

A group of the UK’s best-known City grandees took a step closer to creating their own 600-branch banking network yesterday, raising £50 million through a stock market listing. Continue Reading

There’s nothing like putting your own financial problems into perspective. Continue Reading

Congratulations to Adam Couzens of RBS Corporate Banking, Crawley whose name was pulled out of the hat of those who successfully forecast Spain as the winners of the World Cup!

“Fiscal pain equals private-sector jobs gain”. This could be the coalition government’s policy-positive mantra for the age of austerity. Continue Reading

The secret to selling more invoice finance is very simple – listen to the customers and give them what they want. Hence I have set out below our interpretation of what they want based on the feedback we have received from the thousands of potential invoice finance customers that we have spoken to through our brokerage activities: Continue Reading

According to the Hargreaves Lansdown Currency Report, the Pound came under pressure during mid-week, trading at lows of €1.1724 and US$1.5145, as attentions remained fixed on Friday’s European banking sector stress results. Continue Reading

The UK’s main banks and financiers see very little benefit in one of the government’s flagship small business loan schemes, according to the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA). Continue Reading