New Open Banking Expo launches

6th June 2018 Consumer Collections |

A new Open Banking Expo is set to be launched which aims to bring together a cross-section of the UK’s brightest minds to put the second payment services directive (PSD2) under the spotlight and encourage financial services – and other industry sectors – to embrace the new legislation in order to drive product innovation and…

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Business debt judgements rise by 25%

The total value of UK business judgments rose sharply by 25 percent during the first quarter of the year, according to figures released by TrustOnline.The figures also show that the total number of judgments against businesses was up 8 percent on the same quarter in 2017. Over the same period the number of online searches…

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FCA to investigate TSB over IT problems

6th June 2018 Consumer Collections |

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced it will investigate TSB over its IT problems. The regulator will launch an investigation over the bank’s failure to be open and transparent with customers when an IT upgrade went wrong, locking as many as 1.9 million customers out of their accounts. In a letter to the Commons Treasury…

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Consumer debt judgements rise for fifth consecutive year

6th June 2018 Consumer Collections |

The number of consumer debt judgments issued in the UK during the first quarter of the year rose for the fifth year in a row, according to figures released by the TrustOnline. During Quarter 1 of 2018, 315,121 consumer judgments registered in the UK, almost doubled compared to 162,000 judgments issued during Quarter 1 2010.…

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