Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Cifas, the UK’s leading fraud prevention service, has entered into an innovative new partnership with Mango Solutions to further enhance its intelligence capabilities for members and the wider fraud prevention community. As part of this new partnership, Mango Solutions will help Cifas build and enhance its existing intelligence capabilities, as well as further deepen its…
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Specialist mortgage lender, Vida has announced a new partnership with Zoot to develop a digitally focused mortgage journey built around intermediaries. Vida will work with Zoot to build a new end-to-end mortgage platform that brings together key parts of the mortgage journey. The partnership, which is a significant part of Vida’s £5 million investment in…
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Loans Warehouse has announced that it has gained full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for Regulated Bridging activity. The approval will enable the company to operate in the regulated bridging market and to further increase its product range and reinforce its reputation as one of the country’s innovative brokerages. Matt Tristram, Co-Founder of…
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Digital payment solutions provider, PayPoint has launched a new collection tool for the motor finance sector. Named PayByLink, the platform allows lenders to engage with customers on a personal level, sensitively and responsibly, collecting due or arrears payments with care. With the majority of finance companies granting payment freezes to customers, PayByLink gives lenders an…
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The Financial Wellness Group has launched a new app to make it even easier for its IVA and DMP customers to manage their financial wellbeing using their mobile device. The new app, which is free for customers to download and use, is available for Apple and Android devices. The app will become a vital way…
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Alternative lending specialist, Morses Club says that collections in its Home Collected Credit (HCC) division for July increased to 98% of normal historic expectations when measured against expected terms, an increase from 91% at the end of June and anticipates to reach pre-Covid levels by the end of August 2020. In the company’s latest trading…
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Fleet leasing specialists Alphabet (GB) has announced the appointment of Clive Buhagiar as the new interim Chief Operating Officer. Buhagiar takes over the role from Uwe Hildinger, who will be joining Alphabet Germany as their new Chief Executive Officer in August. As interim COO, Buhagiar will be responsible for the whole Operational Function of Alphabet…
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Lowell Financial has appointed two new independent Non-Executive Directors (NEDs). Caroline Marsh and Professor Heather McGregor CBE will join David Gagie as NEDs on the UK Board, together with Group CEO Colin Storrar, UK MD John Pears and UK CFO John Flaherty. Professor Heather McGregor CBE is the Executive Dean of the Edinburgh Business School…
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NatWest Group has been working with open banking and affordability software specialists, Paylink Solutions, on developing their digital income and expenditure (I&E) tool to support their agents and better understand customers currently in arrears or coming to the end of payment holidays. In March 2020, NatWest Group approached Paylink to work alongside their digital experts…
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Metro Bank has announced that it has agreed to acquire peer-to-peer lender RateSetter. RateSetter was founded in 2010 and is the UK’s most popular peer-to-peer lender with over 750,000 people having invested or borrowed through the platform. In its financial year ending 31st March 2019, the company reported revenue of £33 million, a pre-tax loss…
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JBW Group has announced that Phoenix, JBW and Collect Services have merged together to form a single company, CDER Group, with the combined aim of delivering ‘Fairness in Operation’ across the collections and enforcement industry. Nick Tubbs, Chief Executive said: “I am absolutely delighted to have achieved this important milestone in our company’s history and…
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Consumer finance specialist, BNP Paribas Personal Finance has announced that it will use Experian’s Open Banking technology and Aryza’s Debtsense digital platform to provide round-the-clock online account reviews to customers who have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The company says that has moved quickly with its partners to put the solution in place inside…
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Global analytics software provider Fico has named Louise Lunn to lead its newly created Global Analytics Delivery organization. Lunn, who is based in the UK, will oversee the teams of data scientists worldwide that develop custom analytics solutions and exploratory analytics projects for the world’s top banks, as well as retailers, telecommunications firms, insurance companies…
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