Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it has secured changes to potentially unfair and unclear terms in the contracts of buy now pay later (BNPL) providers Clearpay, Klarna, Laybuy and Openpay. The FCA says that it was concerned there was a potential risk of harm to consumers as a result of the way…
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New research has revealed that six out of ten credit card users don’t know how much interest they are charged, according to Yougov research commissioned by Klarna. In contrast, the research showed that consumers understand the headline terms and conditions of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) products better than they do credit cards. Having reviewed…
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UK financial services companies, Hitachi Capital (UK) is to become Mitsubishi HC Capital UK, trading in the market as Novuna in the UK and as Mitsubishi HC Capital group in Europe. The company, which employs over 1,600 and manages more than £6.3bn of net earning assets for over 1.3 million customers, is now part of…
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High-cost lender TFS Loans has collapsed into administration following claims of ‘unaffordable lending.’ The company was a guarantor lender, requiring a family member or friend to cover repayments if the borrower couldn’t. TFS would lend between £3,000 and £15,000 on a one to five-year term basis at between 30% and 70% interest, with a representative…
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