A new data product from Starline designed to maximise finance opportunities is being rolled to dealer groups in Q4.
Startline Motor Finance has a launched the Startline Acadamy, a new remote learning platform to deliver training and wellbeing support to its staff.
Digital finance processes are allowing car retailers to “shave more and more time off the online motor finance process” and improve customers’ retail experience, says Startline Motor Finance.
Demand for used cars is starting to accelerate as buyers look to make post-lockdown purchases, according to Starline Motor Finance.
Dealers can improve their used car sales performance during lockdown by offering buyers a simple online transaction process.
Technology and processes that allow for real-time online decisioning are set to be a key factor for the motor finance sector in 2021, Startline is predicting.
Startline Motor Finance has secured a £375 million credit facility from J.P.Morgan in what is the third renewal and upsize of the facility between the two companies.
Dealers need to be considering their lending panels to ensure they are fit for the COVID-19 coronavirus era used car market, says Startline Motor Finance.
Startline Motor Finance is expanding its team with 10 new positions, following a record three-month trading performance.
Car buyers who reined-in their spending during the COVID-19 lockdown period have returned to the market with improved credit ratings and higher budgets, research suggests.
Car dealers will return to a trading environment where tradition motor finance credit checks have reduced relevance as a result of cash-boosting measures introduced to boost personal finances.
Almost half of car dealers expect to deliver growth in the coming 12 to 18 months despite the uncertainty surrounding the impending General Election, Brexit and the roll-out of electric vehicles (EV).
Large majority of car-buyers have confidence in dealer’s point-of-sale finance products, but online change is coming, finds study
Startline Motor Finance has appointed former Santander UK man John Bannerman as its new head of customer services.
Car buyers will demand greater flexibility from their car finance agreements in the event of a hard Brexit, according to Startline Motor Finance.
The motor finance sector’s prime lenders appear to be tightening their lending rules just at a point in time when used car retailers need greater flexibility from their motor finance, says Startline.
Kelly Ventham has been named as the Startline Motor Finance’s head of client relationships and acquisition in a role which will see her lead a newly-created client relationships team.
Glasgow-based near-prime lender Startline Motor Finance has secured a new £325 million credit facility from multinational investment bank J.P.Morgan.
Startline Motor Finance is celebrating after generating a 20% increase in business volumes during Q1 of 2019 – with PCP penetration in the used sector cited as a key driver.
Up to 50 new jobs are due to be created by Startline Motor Finance this year as the business transfers its customer services function in-house.
