Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Paul Uppal has stepped down from his role as Small Business Commissioner. Fiona Dickie, the Deputy Pubs Code Adjudicator, will provide oversight in the Small Business Commissioner role until early November, pending the appointment of an Interim Commissioner. An open recruitment campaign to appoint a new Small Business Commissioner will get underway immediately. The role…
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Ultimate Finance has appointed Vinnie Dobie and Jemma Taylor as Regional Directors for the North West. Dobie joins the team building on his expertise in invoice finance to offer more tailored funding solutions to his contact base and Taylor brings a broad range of funding expertise to the team from her experience in business funding…
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Moore Kingston Smith has announced the appointment of partner Ian Robert to Chair of Moore Recovery UK – the recovery sector group with members from across the Moore UK network. Robert takes over from Duncan Swift, following the group’s recent annual conference. Robert is Head of Corporate Recovery at Moore Kingston Smith Licensed Insolvency Practitioners…
Read moreUK SME banking provider Cashplus has appointed a new Credit Director to drive the company’s focus on SME lending. Rahul Duseja joins from American Express where he was Head of Credit Risk for UK Commercial Cards and Payments. The move comes as Cashplus reveals it filed a banking licence application with the Bank of England…
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Asset Finance company, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the appointment of Theo Chatha as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining BFS, Chatha spent eleven years with Close Brothers, holding a variety of executive roles across its banking, property finance, and asset finance and leasing divisions. Most recently, he held the role of Bank Finance Director, overseeing…
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Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has bolstered its team in the Midlands, with the appointment of Matt Broomfield as Regional Sales Director. Broomfield has 13 years’ experience in the business lending market, having previously worked within the asset-based lending departments of major UK banks such as RBS and HSBC. He has developed a wealth of…
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made two new senior appointments. Kate Collyer joins its Chief Economist and Marlene Shiels, joins as Chair of the FCA’s Smaller Business Practitioner Panel. Collyer is currently Chief Economist for Energy and Market Frameworks and Joint-Director of Analysis at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The FCA’s…
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Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed Jonathon Preen as its new Global Head of Innovation. Preen joins BFS with over 8 years’ experience in leading innovation and creating new business models across a range of industries. Prior to joining BFS, Preen worked at HomeServe, where he served as Senior NPD & Innovation Manager. he has…
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Invoice Insurance specialist, Nimbla has announced the appointment of Karl Hague as Head of Sales and Partnerships. Hague joins Nimbla having spent over 15 years in the credit management sector serving in both the debt collection and credit insurance industries. Flemming Bengtsen, CEO & Founder, said “We are thrilled that Karl has joined our…
Read moreSpecialist financial services provider, Wesleyan has appointed David Stewart as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Stewart joined Wesleyan earlier this year from Lloyds Banking Group where he worked for 10 years, most recently as COO for the Group Services Division. Stewart will now play an integral role in delivering Wesleyan’s growth plans with responsibility for transformation,…
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ThinCats has announced the appointment of Kenny Hughes as Director, Regional Business Development for Scotland. Hughes brings over 20 years’ experience in corporate debt finance joining the business from Metro Bank, where he most recently held the role of director large commercial focusing on mid-market transactions. Prior to this he held senior corporate and structured…
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Business lender, OakNorth, has announced the appointments of Tiffany Teng as Chief of Staff and Jeremy Payne as Director of Product, Data Services. Teng was previously at JPMorgan Chase where she worked on the launch of several products including Chase Pay and the redesigned web platform. She managed product and product marketing teams at JPMorgan…
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According to almost two-thirds of CFOs (65%), digital transformation will result in fewer jobs, despite the fact that 32% of organisations aren’t currently undergoing this change, with 23% not planning to look at digital transformation for at least a year or more, as discovered in the FinTech Barometer 2019, the annual survey by fintech company…
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