Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
James Briggs has joined newly launched specialist lender Afin Bank as Intermediary Sales Director.
Previously Briggs was Head of Intermediary Sales at Together Personal Finance. Briggs will lead the charge to develop broker relationships ahead of the lender’s planned full launch next year. Briggs joins his former Together Personal Finance colleague Alan Davison, who is Afin Bank’s Chief Commercial Officer.
Afin Bank has been created to support clients with an array of specialist requirements who struggle to secure funding via high street banks or fail to meet other specialist lenders’ criteria. Specifically, Afin Bank says it will support borrowers including the self-employed, high-net worth borrowers, and clients building their professional careers and have a non-standard income.
The bank will also support Africans living and working in the UK, who are poorly served by mainstream lenders because of their nationality, visa status or lack of credit history. Afin Bank says as the bank grows it is likely to appeal to borrowers from other under-served diaspora communities.
Alan Davison, Chief Commercial Officer at Afin Bank said “I’m delighted that James is joining us at Afin Bank. He knows the specialist lending market inside out, has a track record for developing longstanding distribution relationships, and really understands how Afin Bank will help this important market.
“Treating our customers and our brokers fairly and with the respect they deserve is very important to Afin Bank and is at the very heart of our values and our business model. I look forward to working with James as he engages with our partners to tell the Afin Bank story.”