16th May 2024 - Credit Connect

Landlords selling up is biggest threat to renters

16th May 2024 Consumer Lending | #rent

Landlords selling properties represent the single biggest threat to renters according to latest government data. Among households eligible for support from their council to prevent homelessness following the end of a private rented tenancy agreement, 45 per cent needed help because their landlord planned to sell the property in the second half of 2023. This…

Two-thirds of women SME leaders believe banks are less prepared to lend

16th May 2024 Alternative Business Lending | #business lending

Research from independent SME funder Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has found that women business leaders are facing gender inequality in commercial lending, which is hampering the growth ambitions of many SMEs. Data from BFS’s latest SME Confidence Tracker, which surveyed 1,000 UK SMEs, uncovered that two thirds (66%) of women business leaders believe that banks…

Cerberus Receivables Management appoints Head of Compliance

16th May 2024 Appointments |

Cerberus Receivables Management (CRM) has announced that it has appointed Sam Mather as its new Head of Compliance to help better manage its information security strategy. Mather has been an experienced independent ISO consultant for many years and has moved from working one day a week for CRM to being full-time in the first-ever in-house compliance…

TransUnion appoints Chief Data and Analytics Officer

16th May 2024 Appointments |

TransUnion has announced that it has appointed Praneeth Meka as its new Chief Data and Analytics Officer for the United Kingdom and Europe. The appointment sees the business combine data asset management and data science and analytics leadership into one leadership role for the first time. Joining the executive with his appointment to the Chief…

Strong support for fair and effective enforcement system.

16th May 2024 Consumer Collections |

Research by the High Court Enforcement Officers Association (HCEOA) has found that there is strong support from the general public for a fair and effective enforcement system. The data and the feedback from the research, which involved a representative sample of 2,000 people across England and Wales, showed that 83% agreed or strongly agreed that…

Average card rates have risen by 4.75% in the last 10 years

16th May 2024 Consumer Lending | #credit cards

New TotallyMoney research has highlighted the rise of credit and debit card interest rates, and found that over the past 10 years, the Bank of England base rate increased by 4.75 percentage points, yet the average card rate has rose by 6.9 percentage points with one lender hiking theirs by 11 percentage points and that…

Eight in ten CFOs embracing AI and automated processes

16th May 2024 Commercial Credit Management | #AI #Artificial Intelligence #technology

New research by Sage has found that that eight in ten CFOs are embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated processes to gain time to focus on more valuable tasks. This additional time enables them to develop the critical skills necessary for success in more senior executive leadership, such as being appointed CEO, however only 49%…

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