Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Consumer insights specialist, Equifax has announced a partnership with CreditLadder. the UK’s largest rent reporting platform, to include rental payment data in Equifax credit assessments. The collaboration is a boost for the thousands of tenants who use CreditLadder, enabling people who pay their rent on time to access credit at fairer rates. The partnership is a…
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Two financial services experts with more than three decades of combined industry experience have joined Together as it expands its intermediary relationship team. Phil Quinn started his new position as Head of National Accounts with the specialist lender this month as it continues to grow its share of the UK mortgage market. He will be…
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Gregory Pennington, Freeman Jones and Wilson Andrews have been brought together to launch as Financial Wellness Group creating one of the largest providers of free debt advice, and solutions, in the UK. The launch means that as a Group the company will provide advice to over 35,000 people and it is predicted that 10,000 of…
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Anti-money-laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has moved up more than 300 places in the Financial Times’ (FT) annual list of the fastest-growing European companies. The FT 1000 lists the European companies that have achieved the highest growth rate over 2015–2018. SmartSearch’s placing at 596 compares with its 917th position in last year’s list, on the back…
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Digital mortgage broker, Trussle has announced that it has appointed Ian Larkin as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Larkin has held senior roles at Lloyds, Virgin Money, McKinsey and Accenture, most recently served as CEO of Target Group. During his five years at Target Group, the business delivered significant growth using technology to improve productivity, risk…
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Nick Georgiades who joined the Just parent company Arum in 2019 has been appointed as the Managing Director of its subsidiary, six months after its launch in September. Just, the post litigation market integrator has grown fast since launch adding over sixty customers to its list of clients and now provides High Court enforcement solutions…
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G3 Remarketing has announced that Oodle Car Finance will join the growing number of finance vendors to utilise their auction lanes to dispose of vehicles in 2020. Established in 2015, Oodle Car Finance have funded over £660million of car finance to more than 50,000 UK customers. Oodle have grown significantly over the last 12 months…
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Loan applications processed by automated underwriting technology soared at LendingMetrics over the past year. The company has processed over 10 million transactions on its platforms during the last 12 months. The figure represents an increase of more 120% on the previous year, with all sectors of the business surging. ADP – the company’s award-winning credit…
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Guarantor loan specialist Amigo Holdings has announced its interim results for the nine months ended 31st December 2019. The company has withdrawn its guidance for the full year after revealing a sharp drop in pre-tax profits, from £79 million to £53.5 million. Revenue grew 8.5% to £218 million, whilst the net loan book rose 3.8%…
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Provident Financial has announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31st December 2019 with Group adjusted profit before tax up 1.6% to £162.6m (2018 (restated): £160.1m), as the business continues to adapt to the evolving regulatory environment and successfully defended the hostile NSF bid. Malcolm Le May, Group Chief Executive, said “I am pleased…
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Cox Automotive UK has announced that it has appointed Carlos Diaz, Adam Johnson and Mark Bolton to its senior technology leadership team. Diaz joins Cox Automotive UK as its head of software engineering from Preqin Solutions and will help transform software product development. Johnson becomes the new head of service and infrastructure, responsible for leading…
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the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has announced the appointment of 11 sector leaders named who it says will help shape the UK’s future financial wellbeing The leaders will chair Challenge Groups which will recommend how the UK can achieve the five national goals set out in the government-backed UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing, launched…
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Bluestone Group’s expansion in the UK and Irish finance and technology markets has received a substantial boost from alternative asset manager, Pollen Street Capital (“PSC”). The parties have agreed terms on a £15 million capital raising in the form of a 3-year debt facility. Bluestone will use the capital to support the continued growth of…
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