Leasing company UniCredit extended its cooperation with importer Hyundai Motor Czech with brand financing „Hyundai Finance“.

CLFA became a member of EU Federation for Factoring & Commercial Finance on May 1, 2010.

Statistics of Czech Leasing and Financial Associations show change in order of leasing companies in 2009. „UniCredit Leasing became number one on the market,“ said executive director of the company, Jaroslav Jaromersky during press conference.

Company CSOB Leasing provides operative leasing for Dalkia, announced spokesman of the company, Jan Dryak.

Leasing of movable assets of members of the Czech Leasing and Finance Association (CLFA) sank by 53.3 percent year-on-year to Kc44.2bn last year, CLFA said at a press conference last week.

CSOB is the first leading bank in the Czech Republic to publish business results. Net profit of the CSOB group grew to Kc17.4bn in 2009 from Kc1.03bn the previous year, CSOB said in a press release. Leasing loans, in contrast, dipped by 22 percent.

SkoFIN, the sixth largest leasing company on the Czech market, saw the volume of deals fall to Kc6.7bn last year from Kc10.4bn in 2008, the firm said in a press release.

Renault Leasing now offers its services under new name RCI Financial Services, agent of the company Jean-jacques Thibert evaluated last year in Prague hotel Andels.

Company Renault Leasing changed its name to RCI Financial Services at the beginning of 2010.