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BOSI Motor Finance to Withdraw from Irish Market

BOSI Motor Finance to Withdraw from Irish Market

Posted by Shane Teskey on 10 February 2010 in New Cars, Used Cars

Another one bites the dust!

Just when car sales start to rise another major player in the car finance sector has decided to quit the market.

This is bad news for consumers as a lack of competition in this area will mean higher interest rates, unfavorable loan terms and a ‘cherry picking’ attitude from the remaining operators.

Exiting Today!

The following update came into our offices this evening outlining Bank of Scotland’s plans to exit the motor finance market from today!

Official Statement

“Following a strategic review Bank of Scotland (Ireland) intends to reshape its business to reflect the continuing and very difficult economic environment, and to secure a viable future for the Bank. As a result, the Bank plans to focus on its established strengths of corporate and commercial banking and is committed to maintaining a strong presence in the Irish market.

As part of this review, the Bank has announced its intention to withdraw from the Motor Finance, Asset Finance and Homeloans businesses in addition to the Halifax retail bank network in the Republic of Ireland.

As a consequence of this decision, the Bank will no longer accept any new business applications from today, the 10th February 2010. Our online point of sale system will be deactivated with immediate effect.

Existing customers are not affected by this announcement and will continue to have a Bank of Scotland (Ireland) account for the duration of their agreement. Bank of Scotland (Ireland) will continue to operate in Ireland and manage existing asset finance customer accounts.

Bank of Scotland (Ireland) deeply regrets any inconvenience that this may cause and we would like to thank you for your support in the past and for your continued co-operation and assistance during this difficult period.”

2 comments so far

John

February 11, 2010 at 12:46 am #

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Examiner-appointed-to-Limerick-car.6056862.jp – Shane, more bad news, this time in Limerick. Hopefully things will work out okay and all the jobs will be saved.

Shane Teskey

February 11, 2010 at 11:19 am #

Thanks for the link John. Sad to see closures are still a very real prospect for dealers.
Whilst it’s great that sales are up slightly (11% as of yesterday) we have to remember that the increase is only evident when compared to a market that was down over 60% last year. We still have a long way to go……

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