Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (MHCLG) has published a report urging the Government to create a coherent exit plan to help private renters tackle arrears built up during the pandemic. The report says that repeated last-minute extensions to the evictions ban must be replaced by a coherent exit plan to help the private…
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Despite nearly three million consumers using open banking services and the recent news that HMRC has now adopted Open Banking payments, many businesses are holding back from implementing the technology due to concerns around the cost of storing and protecting customer data, seemingly unaware of the option to partner with established service providers that can…
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New research by Key has indicated that retired households saw their average disposable incomes fall by 12% last year. The analysis shows average disposable incomes for retired people fell in the financial year ending 2020 from the previous year by nearly 12% with much of the cut coming from lower private pension income and investment…
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A new broker index has identified cash flow as a key reason for SMEs applying for finance. iwoca’s new SME Index, which covers a four-week period in January has revealed that 41% of brokers said the most requested reason for applying for unsecured finance was to ‘manage the day to day cash flows’. One in…
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