Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
The board of debt judgment registrar Registry Trust has designated Nick Rossiter its new Chief Executive Officer with effect from July this year. Rossiter has worked with Registry Trust for 13 years, initially as operational manager and more recently as an Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer. Last year he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive. Rossiter will…
Read moreCallcredit Information Group has announced the appointment of three new global market development leaders. Eamonn Tierney, the Group’s current Managing Director, Credit Solutions, will move to head up a consolidated UK business development team. Rick Biggs, the Group’s current Managing Director, Software, Analytics & Fraud, will become the head for the Group’s International Markets. A new head…
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Morses Club has announced its latest company results to 25th February 2017. Total credit issued increased by 18% to £144m compared with the prior year, with customer numbers increasing by 9% to 216,000 as at 25 February 2017. This increase reflects the success of new territory builds and acquisitions in our core home collect credit…
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Arrow Global has announced its preliminary results for the year ending 31st December 2016. The results showed a record year for organic portfolio purchases of £223.0 million (2015: £176.3 million). Purchased loan portfolio asset base and loan notes increased by 37.2% to £804.1 million (2015: £586.3 million*), which is reflected in the increased value of the…
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Equifax has been granted full Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation. The FCA approval comes at a pivotal time for credit reference agencies (CRAs), with technological advances and shifts in customer behaviour fuelling important developments in data sharing, evidenced by industry initiatives such as Commercial Credit Data Sharing (CCDS) and the Open Banking Standard. Patricio Remon, President…
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Masthaven have appointed Matt Andrews as the new Managing Director of Mortgages. Andrews is the Managing Director of Bluestone Mortgages. Andrews brings 10 years of mortgage leadership experience with him and prior to his role at Bluestone he was Managing Director of a Merrill Lynch mortgage division and a Director at Kensington Mortgages’ direct to consumer operation.…
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Experian has announced that it has achieved full Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation Charles Butterworth, Managing Director at Experian said ” The process has allowed Experian to stress-test our risk management structures and the plans we have in place to ensure fair outcomes for our customers. We have always looked to implement effective resolutions for people, to…
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Provenir has announced a partnership with Bisnode. The collaboration paves the way for innovative, real-time risk decisioning services for European businesses. In search of growth and cost efficiency, companies in Europe seek solutions to optimise their credit risk processes. Agile solutions that can respond quickly to rapid and on-going business and regulatory changes are vital. Bisnode…
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Bluestone Group has announced the appointment of David Torpey as Managing Director (MD) of Bluestone Mortgages and Group Chief Operations Officer (COO). Torpey will fill the newly created COO role as well as assuming the position of Managing Director of Bluestone’s mortgage business, replacing Matt Andrews who has recently left the business. Torpey brings nearly…
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Teachers Building Society has pointed Simon Beresford as its new Chief Executive Officer. Beresford will replace Finance Director Dean Fensome, who has acted as Interim Chief Executive. Having recently held the position of Managing Director for BlackRock’s retail business, Beresford has also served at Nationwide where he was a branch director, Managing Director of personal…
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Callcredit Information Group has announced that it has achieved full Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation. The authorisation process involved the Group companies demonstrating they had in place robust business plans, risk management frameworks, and had adequate systems and processes in place to support fair consumer outcomes. In addition, the companies were required to propose a number…
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Ecology Building Society has announced the appointment of Martin Sims as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Sims joins after more than six years at Co-op Bank, having most recently served as senior manager for mortgages. Sims has also held positions at Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS. Paul Ellis, CEO of Ecology, said “I…
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Callcredit Information Group, has announced its software engineering graduate scheme. After a successful launch last year with 11 graduates placed, the Leeds-headquartered company is once again looking for university graduates with the ambition and talent to become part of Callcredit’s innovative product development team. The scheme is offering 12 graduates, in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths…
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