Structured lending business agrees £12.5m deal with motor finance firm

The Structured Lending team at specialist lender Paragon’s latest deal supports specialist car lender Go Car Credit with £12.5m.

Go Car Credit, which launched in 2017, will use the money to support its strategy to increase new motor finance loans in the UK to the underserved and non-prime customer base and raise its presence online.

The deal also sees Paragon passing the £100m milestone in contracts, 18 months after being launched.

“Committing our first £100m to clients is an important landmark for the team and is a testament to the quality of my Structured Lending colleagues and the broader Paragon team. The strong client relationships we have developed are also key,” said Adam Daniels, Managing Director of Structured Lending.

“We have supported a variety of sectors over the past 18 months and we will be adding some new sectors in the coming months. We are on track to meet our five-year plan and we have a strong pipeline of opportunities.”

Go Car Credit is the latest UK company that Paragon’s structured lending business area has supported, which totals over £110m to clients to date, this includes a fintech SME lender, a debt purchaser, property bridge financier and retail point of sale lenders.

Every year, there are around 8.2 million used-vehicle transactions in the UK, of which 1.3 million are purchased using finance. An estimated 500,000 of these finance transactions, or 38%, are using some form of non-prime credit, according to Finance and Leasing Association and Experian data.

“Securing the new funding facility is an exciting development for Go Car Credit and reflects our commitment to implementing a sustainable customer and dealer centric model that embraces innovation in the industry,” said Mark Giles, Chief Executive of Go Car Credit.

“This is a testament to the hard work and determination of our team and business as a whole.”