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18 March 2025

InterBay wins in the fight against fraud with Lumia

About InterBay Asset Finance InterBay was set up in 2018 by OSB Group to build an Asset Finance business from scratch. It focuses on funding hard assets and has a portfolio in excess of £300m, with plans to grow further. The company chose to implement Lumia because it wanted a simple solution that would integrate

Liberty Leasing Joins Acquis Lumia

Launched in 2022, Lumia is a register of asset finance borrowing that provides a clear and real-time view of a company’s current asset finance arrangements. It has been designed to enable asset finance providers to identify suspicious or irregular balance sheet borrowing on a large scale and alert the lender to possible fraudulent activity. Edward

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Metro Bank signs up to Acquis Lumia

January 23, 2025

Acquis Data Services has today announced that Metro Bank has become the latest organisation to sign up to the Lumia community. Launched in 2022, Lumia is a register of asset finance borrowing that provides a clear and real-time view of a company’s current asset finance arrangements. It has been developed with the cooperation of lessors

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The Leasing Circle

One of the key topics of conversation is Lumia, the industry-wide register that has been developed by Acquis Data Services to identify suspicious, irregular or changes in borrowing patterns. Attendees including Whiteoak, Siemens, Shawbrook, Shire Leasing and Investec are all here to talk about Lumia and how their organisations have incorporated it into in their

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Collaboration is key – not just in the fight against fraud

With over 30 portfolios on its register, covering an estimated £20 billion of lending and 400,000 agreements, and another 14 implementing the solution, Acquis Lumia has proved itself to be a real game changer in the fight against fraud in asset finance. But as we near tipping point for Lumia, it’s not just fraud prevention

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HSBC Equipment Finance joins Acquis Lumia

HSBC Equipment Finance is the latest organisation to sign up to the platform, which was launched to help prevent fraud within the asset finance market. As one of the largest asset finance providers in the UK, HSBC has over £4bn of asset finance lending, offering intermediate and long-term, general and industrial credit services to its

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Cambridge & Counties Bank joins the Acquis Lumia community

Launched in 2022, Lumia is a central register of asset finance borrowing which has been designed to give unique data insights within the asset finance market enabling lenders to make informed decisions. The register itself is built on industry collaboration, by allowing lenders to see a company’s current asset finance arrangements in real-time, for the

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Renaissance Asset Finance; the latest organisation to join Acquis Lumia

February 20, 2024

Lumia, a central register of asset finance borrowing, was launched in 2022 to provide unique data insights within the asset finance market. Based on industry collaboration it enables lenders to see a company’s current asset finance arrangements in real time, thereby helping them make informed lending decisions. With over 75% of the market committed, the

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Conister becomes the latest asset finance specialist to join Acquis Lumia panel

November 6, 2023

In a key move in the fight against fraud within the UK asset finance market, Conister has become the latest asset finance and lending specialist to join the Acquis Lumia community. Launched in 2022, Lumia is a register of asset finance borrowing, providing a clear and real-time view of a company’s current asset finance arrangements.

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