The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) is
the UK’s leading trade association for the consumer credit, motor
finance and asset finance sectors, and the largest organisation of
its type in Europe. In 2010 the FLA are offering an extensive
programme of skills and development courses, aimed at specialist
lenders and other organizations active in these industries.
Our courses are delivered by the country’s
leading instructors, each with extensive industry experience.
Our programme ranges from introduction to intermediate skills
courses and topic areas include:
- Overview of
business and consumer finance
- Principles
of underwriting
- Regulation
and compliance
- Impact of
taxation on leasing and accounting for leases
- TCF
- Credit risk
and collections
- Combating
money laundering
Open courses are available to members and non
members alike and we also offer tailored courses delivered at your
premises.
Some of the open courses are as
follows:
22 Jun
2010 - 24 Jun
2010
This course is designed to provide a
comprehensive understanding of the impact of taxation on leasing,
documentation, lease evaluation, assessing risks and fraud. Follow
the process and the life of a lease from beginning to end giving
you a better understanding of the lessor/lessee position.
25 Jun
2010
This is an updated and comprehensive
introductory course on consumer credit. Delegates should expect to
leave the course with a basic knowledge of key elements of consumer
credit. They will also learn and understand the complexities of
advertising and how to construct a compliant credit advert. They
will gain a basic knowledge of documentation, key clauses and the
implications of early settlement. They will be given an overview of
the CCA 2006 and the ongoing requirements. In addition, delegates
will leave with basic understanding of the new Consumer Credit
Regulations 2010 following the implementation of the Consumer
Credit Directive into UK Law.
29 Jun
2010
Are you regulated by the FSA or likely to be in
the future? Would you like to know how to be well prepared for
ARROW or thematic review visits? This is the course for you. This
course is intended to introduce companies to the concept of regular
“ARROW” visits. It is relevant for those who are seeking
authorisation, newly authorised, or operating in areas that may
become authorised in the future. It outlines what becoming
authorised is likely to involve – and, for the authorised firm,
then describes the process of an ARROW visit and what firms need to
do to prepare for the experience.
30 Jun
2010
By the end of the day, participants will have
considered the technical and regulatory aspects of complaint
handling. Participants will also consider their expectations under
the FLA code and compared these with in-house procedures. They will
also have explored how to implement their procedures effectively to
achieve the best outcome for the customer and themselves, also
getting the opportunity to learn how the FLA’s Lending Code
provisions are applicable to their in-house complaints handling
procedures.
6 Jul
2010
With the recession still impacting on many
people’s ability to cope with increasing debt, it is essential that
creditors have a good understanding of the processes, policies and
best practice models adopted by the voluntary money advice sector.
Working together can ensure that repayment programmes are realistic
and sustainable. This course is designed to raise awareness of the
legislation, guidelines and codes of practice that govern debt
recovery with a view to embracing a best practice model.
15 Jul
2010
“Gone-Aways” are an expensive and time-consuming
problem and sure to increase in a toughening economy. This one day
session will provide tips, tools and techniques for tracing people
and will deal with deeper and more advanced tracing techniques and
inter personal skills for improving tracing performance. There will
be an emphasis on utilising the available tools and technology for
tracing and evaluating cost effective strategies for optimising
results.
21 Jul
2010
"In December 2009 JMLSG notes were updated. IN
January 2010 the U.K. Supreme Court declared terrorist asset
freezing orders were unlawful and in February allegations of Mafia
funding of a European Leader emerged. Are you sure that your Risk
Based AML have been updated to reflect the continuing rapid changes
in this critical area of regulatory compliance?" Your essential
Anti-Money Laundering update course, revised to include the
significant changes since December 2007.
27 Jul
2010
The Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has
significantly raised the stakes following a review, which revealed
a number of spectacular data protection failures in both public and
private organizations. To assist firms in reducing data protection
breaches, the ICO has issued new practical guidance and from the
6th April 2010 will be able to fine firms up to ½ million pounds
for serious breaches and for failure to report breaches of the Data
Protection act. This one day training course is split into two half
day sessions. The half day morning session is an introduction to
the important world of Data Protection Compliance. The afternoon
session is for individuals wanting a refresher and is suitable for
delegates with prior knowledge on this subject.
14 Sep
2010
Whilst the course is self contained, the focus
is on providing an update on recent developments in lease
accounting and taxation. It will be of particular interest to those
who already have attended previous courses in these areas, but
whose knowledge needs updating or extending. This course is
designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the impact of
taxation on leasing and how this has changed over recent years.
Delegates who have attended previous FLA asset finance courses will
find this course a useful refresher and update. Those new to asset
finance but with previous experience in the tax and accounting
areas will also find the course relevant, as will experienced staff
needing to update their knowledge.