Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
What Are DPIA’s Article 35 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) focuses on the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and what obligations organisations have in considering and carrying them out. The ICO and The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) have also created guidelines and publications on impact assessments, with the latter citing the definition…
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Rarely do lenders focus their attention on applicants to whom they have declined credit. This is a mistake. With the right technologies, an attractive and affordable alternative product can be quickly found, so both customer and lender can walk away happy. No-one likes to be told ‘no’. Even the word itself is irritating. Dressed up in…
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Debt solution provider Harrington Brooks, part of the One Advice Group, has appointed Nick Pearson to the role of Group External Relations Manager. He starts with immediate effect and will be focusing on meeting the creditor partners with which the Group. Pearson is the former Chief Executive of The Debt Counsellors Charitable Trust and has…
Read moreThe Credit Services Association (CSA) has urged members to start preparing for the government’s decision to ban additional charges for certain future card payments. From 13 January next year, businesses, including CSA Members, will no longer be able to charge surcharges for certain card transactions, but will still face the costs for processing card payments.…
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MarketInvoice has expanded its mission in the business finance space by launching business loans today. This will complement their suite of invoice finance solutions, allowing them to better service the working capital needs of UK businesses. The launch announcement comes as MarketInvoice rebrands, representing its evolution into a business finance company. Businesses will now be…
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The UK government needs to kick-start its stalled corporate insolvency reforms in the wake of the UK insolvency framework falling from 13th to 14th in the World Bank’s rankings according to insolvency and restructuring trade body, R3. R3 is warning that with other countries’ insolvency and restructuring frameworks improving, and with Brexit potentially creating barriers…
Read moreCallcredit Information Group and payments service firm ShieldPay have agreed a partnership to provide secure online payments to its Shieldpay’scustomers. ShieldPay´s patent pending technology protects both buyer and seller in any payment by verifying both individuals. Using Callcredit’s ID and bank verification solutions ShieldPay can verify both party’s identity and bank account reducing the chances of…
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