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AFS Group – the first broker in the market to operate a franchise offering

Remember what were you doing in 2005?

Setting up your company perhaps?
Building an established business?
Working for a competitor even?

In 2012 we were poring over the new Financial Conduct Authority’s rulebook, appointing a Compliance Officer and carefully preparing for the FCA’s new and far stricter interpretation of credit regulation.

We’d already run a successful franchise model since 2005 but here was the opportunity to do it even better.

A full two years before the FCA’s 2014 takeover we were laying the groundwork that would make us the most informed, the most capable and the most compliant Principal in the market.

Work that would define us as THE leading Principal for FCA compliance since the day we obtained Principal Status in January 2015.

Why?

Because the time, trouble and expense we invest in FCA compliance is time, trouble and expense you save trying to achieve Direct Authorisation.

The reason for our meteoric success?

Maybe it’s because we’ve been operating our franchise model since 2005. Time spent building the largest panel of lenders and the most robust compliance model in the industry.

Or there’s the sheer range of funding available; cash flow, property finance, trade finance, refinance, asset finance, business development and invoice finance, bridging finance and business loans.

It could be because we offer the most competitive terms and the quickest turnarounds.

In truth, though there’s no single reason – it’s a combination. A unique and powerful blend of product and support that many copy, a few compete with but none can compare to. An absolute commitment to helping our clients and our franchisees be as successful (and compliant) as possible.

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