Provident Financial has announced the appointment of Hamish Paton as Managing Director (MD) of its Consumer Credit Division (CCD), subject to regulatory approval. Paton will take over from Chris Gillespie, who will be joining H&T Group, a FTSE listed pawnbroker. Gillespie has held the role since August 2017. Paton has a strong consumer finance background…
Read moreNew figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business fell in May 2020 by 56% compared with the same month in 2019, and decreased by 27% in the five months to May 2020. Credit card and personal loan new business together fell in May 2020 by 46% compared…
Read moreNew figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new business volumes in the consumer car finance market fell in May 2020 by 78% compared with the same month in 2019, and by 41% in the five months to May 2020. The consumer new car finance market reported a fall in new…
Read moreUK Finance, the body representing the finance and banking industry operating in the UK, has announced the appointments of two new Managing Directors. Karen Baxter, who will lead on Intelligence Strategy for Economic Crime, and Jana Mackintosh who will lead on Payments & Innovation. Both will join the organisation in autumn this year. Baxter is…
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