All articles by Richard Irvine-Brown
Richard Irvine-Brown
Lenders nearly half of Motor Finance Power 50
Almost half of the names of the 50 most powerful people in UK car finance, as surveyed by Motor Finance, are from retail lenders, making up 22 of the places.
Kia offers PCP on Rio
South Korean manufacturer Kia is offering 36-month PCP deals on new registrations of its Rio model with 4.9% APR and £250 manufacturer deposit contribution.
Kia appoints worldwide president
Peter Schreyer, chief design officer at Kia Motors, has been appointed president of the company, the first non-Korean to hold the post.
P2P lender to pass £50m by early 2013
Peer-to-peer online platform RateSetter has said it expects to pass £50m in total loans placed by early 2013.
The 50 most powerful people in UK car finance
This autumn, Motor Finance asked each of you, the readership, to name the top 10 individuals who could affect change, for good or ill, in the industry. Weve counted your answers and drawn up a top 50. Richard Brown and Jonathan Minter survey the results
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Views from the specialists
Richard Brown spent the day with industry experts sharing intelligence at the ninth FLA Motor Finance Convention held at the Williams F1 Conference Centre in Oxfordshire.
Car loans half of book for rising peer-to-peer lenders
Web-based peer-to-peer lending platform Zopa has passed £250m in total loans arranged, having recorded 90% year-on-year growth in October, and now claims to account for 2% of all UK personal loans.
Moneybarn celebrates 20 years of business
Non-prime car finance provider Moneybarn celebrated its 20th birthday with a record month of new business in October.
Starting with the end in mind
Paul Bennett, sales and marketing director at CRM technology providers Chrysalis-Solmotive, tells Richard Brown how the birth and international crossover of PCP has influenced his approach to customer renewal
Can Can celebrates birthday with 100-dealer aim
Customer credit-rating provider Can Can Car Finance is set to celebrate its first birthday on 26 December, following a successful trial with car supermarket Trade Centre Wales.