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:
18 Feb 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.
23 Feb 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.
02 Mar 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.
10 Mar 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.
16/17/18 Mar 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.
23 March 2010
Your essential Anti-Money Laundering update
course, revised to include the significant changes since December
2007.
24 Mar 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.
30/31 March 2010
A two-day master class in the fundamentals of
Asset Finance & Leasing that will provide delegates with a
contextual and practical framework around which they can build
their skills. The course explains to delegates how our industry has
come to fulfill such a significant role in the provision of
business finance; how it is currently shaped by legal, fiscal and
financial imperatives; and how these signpost the future of the
industry.
7 Apr 2010
This one-day course provides an introduction
to the various forms of debt finance available to businesses, and
is suitable for those who have just started in the asset finance
industry or those wanting a refresher on the various debt products
available.