Mortgage overpayment app launches

4th October 2021 Consumer Collections |

A new ‘fintech’ app, called Sprive, has launched which claims that it can make it easier for people to become mortgage-free faster, saving thousands of pounds in the process. Sprive is the first independent mortgage overpayment app in the UK and is free of charge, making it easier than ever before for the millions of…

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Sustainability of social care now entirely dependent on Chancellor’s spending review

4th October 2021 Consumer Collections |

More than fifty charities and not-for-profit organisations have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, calling on him to use his autumn Spending Review to pump the extra resources into social care. The charities say that the vast bulk of the money from the Government’s National Insurance rise will be…

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Chair of Open Banking resigns

4th October 2021 Consumer Collections |

The Chair of the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE), the body set up to deliver open banking in the UK, has resigned as an investigation found that the agency allowed’“a culture of bullying and intimidation to prevail.” The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says Imran Gulamhuseinwala tendered his resignation as trustee and chair as part…

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