CSA announces shortlist for 2025 awards

15th August 2025 Consumer Collections |

The Credit Services Association (CSA) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 CSA Awards to be held as part of its UK Credit and Collections Conference (UKCCC) on Thursday 11th September in Manchester. The awards recognise the professionalism and commitment of firms and individuals working within the debt collection and purchase industry. The CSA Awards…

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Housing sales market remains challenging as recovery signs falter

15th August 2025 Consumer Lending | #housing sales

New data from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Residential Survey for July 2025 revealed a slight retreat in the housing market, as previous signs of recovery became uncertain. Tentative signs of recovery that emerged in previous monthly feedback were partially reversed, with measures of demand and agreed sales slipping back into slightly…

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Mortgage arrears fall by 3%

New data from UK Finance has shown that there were 87,380 homeowner mortgages in arrears of 2.5 per cent or more of the outstanding balance in the second quarter of 2025, 3 per cent fewer than in the previous quarter.Within the total, there were 29,840 homeowner mortgages in the lightest arrears band (representing between 2.5…

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GDP grew by 0.4% in June – industry reaction

Latest ONS data has shown that GDP rose 0.4% month-on-month in June, following a 0.1% fall in May. The market had expected 0.1% growth GDP rose 0.3% in the quarter, versus market expectations of 0.1% growth, with services output growing by 0.3% month-on-month. Construction output grew 0.3% month-on-month whilst Production output grew 0.7% month-on-month. ONS…

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Lantern and Aryza agree customer support partnership

15th August 2025 Company News |

Debt management services provider Lantern has announced a new digital transformation partnership with Aryza’s Engage platform within its operations to improve customer support. Paul Mason, Lantern CEO, said “The sector we operate in often means our customers are anxious by their financial situation, and part of our role is to make managing the debt recovery process…

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Evlo and Moneyline agree non-prime customer partnership

15th August 2025 Company News |

Consumer lender Evlo has announced a new partnership with community finance provider Moneyline to help underserved non-prime borrowers. Asif Nadeem, Chief Transformation Officer at Evlo said “We know that not everyone who applies for credit with us will be eligible, but we believe in doing right by every customer. “This partnership means that even when…

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