24th June 2026 - Credit Connect

PayPoint acquires AperiData

24th June 2026 Company News | #mergers #open banking

PayPoint has announced it has completed the acquisition of AperiData, strengthening its capabilities in Open Banking for customers. AperiData is a real-time credit reference agency and Open Banking platform, focused on modernising the consumer credit market through the use of transaction-level data and advanced financial assessment tools. Since first partnering in 2023, PayPoint and AperiData…

Unpaid benefit debts could lead to driving licence bans under new crackdown

24th June 2026 Arrears and Recoveries | #benefit debt

Fraudsters and debtors who refuse to pay face tough new consequences, including direct deductions from bank accounts, as new laws come into force. People who have stopped receiving benefits but still refuse to repay money owed to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could also be banned from driving under the new rules. The…

New report says HMRC must learn to reduce Child Benefit fraud and errors

24th June 2026 Consumer Collections | #child benefit #fraud #HMRC

HMRC used Home Office travel data in an innovative attempt to address a major driver of fraud and error in Child Benefit, which totals £270 million annually, but it lacked sufficient governance and risk management and did not consider the impact on claimants, a new National Audit Office (NAO) report finds. In 2021, HMRC identified…

Quint Group appoints new Director

24th June 2026 Appointments |

Quint Group, the award-winning fintech group focused on credit & payments, has announced the appointment of long-term fintech leader Laurence Krieger as Director. Formerly CEO of Tide and COO at Revolut, Krieger will now formally join Quint Group to work in close partnership with founder and CEO Greg Cox and the rest of the board…

One in five small businesses say Brexit legacy remains a barrier to growth

24th June 2026 Commercial Credit Management | #brexit #business growth

One in five small businesses (20%) say the legacy of Brexit remains a barrier to business growth, according to research by Novuna Business Finance. Drawing on 12-years of tracking research, exploring small business growth outlook since 2015, the report ‘Brexit at 10′ draws together research on small business owner sentiment to Brexit, and their reactions…

Two-thirds say cost-of-living has increased credit in everyday spending

24th June 2026 Arrears and Recoveries | #cost of living #credit

Two-thirds (67%) of credit users agree that cost-of-living pressures have increased the use of credit in everyday spending, with nearly six million customers revealing they are doing so with greater intentionality than ever before, according to research by Zilch. The finding comes from the Credit Confidence Study, Zilch’s new study of over 10,000 UK adults and over 6,600 users…

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