9 people found this useful Automotive finance provider White Clarke Group has been acquired by US-based IDS to form a single entity claiming to serve a $7 trillion secured finance end market. IDS has announced its signing of an agreement to acquire the Milton Keynes-based automotive retail, fleet, wholesale and asset finance operation in a deal expected to be completed by the end of Q2. White Clarke Group chief executive, Brendan Gleeson, said: “Our industry is being disrupted by a global shift in consumption. Consumers and businesses want utility and outcomes, not ownership. “This has created an opportunity for financing firms to tap into emerging technologies including digital and AI to create new business models like subscription and car-sharing.