Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
The Government is to launch a new National Fraud Squad and expand a 2019 ban on pensions cold-calling to all financial products. As part of the crackdown, Britain’s intelligence agencies will work with new regional squads of police officers to find and stop scammers targeting Britons from abroad while the technology enabling criminals to mass…
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More than a quarter of adults (28%) with non-typical income streams, including those who are self-employed, freelance, or work on zero-hours contracts, have had a mortgage application rejected by a lender, according to new research from The Mortgage Lender (TML). Delving into the breakdown of employment types, those on zero hours contracts have the biggest…
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A survey by Age UK has found nearly a third of over-65s in Britain are ‘uncomfortable’ using online banking, leaving them at risk of financial exclusion. Those who were most likely to feel uncomfortable using online banking were aged over 85, female, on a low income, or more disadvantaged than their counterparts. As a result…
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Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance, an asset-based lending provider, has expanded its nationwide network of sales professionals with the appointment of Andrew Welden as Regional Sales Director for the North West. Welden joins from Breal Zeta CF, where he led on the firm’s asset-based lending strategy across Merseyside and Cheshire, with a focus on facility…
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Webio, a provider of conversational AI solutions has announced the appointment of David Gagie to its board as a Non-Executive Director, effective immediately. Gagie has global experience in banking, payments and risk management, and was a Senior Advisor on regulatory conduct issues relating to retail banking, consumer credit and payments at the Financial Conduct Authority…
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Mindcrest has announced that it has appointed Neil Jinks as its’s new Client Success Director. Jinks is a debt litigation and enforcement professional, specialising in leading legal debt recovery operations and client relationship management. In his new Jinks will be responsible for driving client development for Mindcrest’s Lender Services and Recoveries teams in the United…
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