DND Finance is an Anglo-Canadian business providing finance across the business loan,

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, equipment finance, and leasing markets. Founded in 2000 by Bill Dost in

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as D&D Leasing, the business expanded to the

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in 2009. The business rebranded to DND Finance in 2019 as it expanded its operations beyond leasing.

Activities

In August 2018, the business obtained a £20m wholesale funding facility from Wesleyan Bank to enable lending to British

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. In 2019, DND Finance agreed a multi-year financing agreement with

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platform Aqiok in order to help the firm develop a lending app. In the same year, DND Finance also provided $1 million to Canadian funding solution provider Benjamin Verde, an artist and entertainment funding solutions provider. In 2022, DND Finance launched the Score Mastercard, which was reported to be the UK's first

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. This followed the launch of DND's Secured

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in 2019. In 2022, DND Finance Managing Director Bill Dost was appointed to the board of the Finance and Leasing Association of the United Kingdom.

References

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