Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
TransUnion’s latest quarterly analysis has found that fraudsters are refocusing their efforts from financial services to other industries, with travel and leisure topping the table. Across industries, the rate of suspected digital fraud attempts rose 17% globally when comparing Q2 2021 to Q2 2020. Travel and leisure was one of the most impacted industries globally…
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Target Group, the operational transformation, business processing and software provider has today announced the appointment of John Barker to the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). He joins newly appointed Bernard Conlon, Chief Risk Officer (CRO) as Target Group strengthens its senior presence as part of its own business transformation. Barker will support Target Group…
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Business confidence has hit a record high for the second quarter in a row, according to a survey of chartered accountants by the ICAEW. ICAEW’s Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) found optimism at 47 on the quarterly index, its highest level since the survey was launched in 2004 and surpassing the previous record set last quarter.…
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South East Water has announced that it has launched a data-sharing partnership with a Kent council to identify low-income customers and automatically transfer them to its social tariff. The project involves Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) sharing data with South East Water to identify householders on low income who are eligible for a social tariff. This…
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With vaccination campaigns ongoing, trade credit insurer Atradius has predicted that the global economy will grow by 6.2% and is recovering fully from the major economic downturn in 2020 caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Atradius new Economic Outlook forecasts a 2021 growth rate of 6.2%, higher than was expected six months ago. As most economies…
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