United Trust Bank (UTB) has won the Asset Finance Credit Team of the Year Award at the Asset Finance Solutions (AFS) Meet the Funder Expo for the second year running. The win comes just over a week after the same team won the Underwriting Team of the Year award at the NACFB Commercial Lender Awards 2025.
AFS are a successful network of franchise brokers and each December they host the ‘Meet the Funder’ Expo. For the last five years this has incorporated the ‘Asset Finance Solutions Funder Awards’ ceremony. The evening brought together AFS’s network brokers, funders, and key industry experts to celebrate the exceptional achievements shaping the asset finance landscape. This year’s awards underwent a refresh, but remained firmly rooted in the Appointed Representative community, with all categories either voted for or nominated by them. Their involvement continues to be a vital part of the awards’ success.
Lisa Thomas, Head of Credit – Asset Finance at United Trust Bank, commented: “Wow! To win this award for the second year running and to do so just a week after picking up the NACFB award, rounds off a brilliant year for the whole underwriting team and I’m delighted their hard work has been recognised. We have pulled out all the stops to deliver an outstanding service to brokers whilst developing our digital processes and service enhancements and it means a lot to us that despite the challenges, UTB were still judged by AFS’s network brokers to be the best AF underwriting team in the business!”