Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Paylink Solutions has announced it has made a Senior Business Development (BDM) appointment. Paul Nicholson has joined Midlands-based technology company as Senior Solutions Consultant and is now developing a sales strategy, which will deliver the company’s ambitious plans for growth. He joins Paylink Solutions after being instrumental in launching AccountScore as one of the first…
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Vehicle dealership group, Border Cars, has announced that it has filed to close after over 42 years of trading. Borders Cars is one of the biggest car dealerships in south-west Scotland and Cumbria with more than 200 jobs under threat. In a public statement, the company said it was “greatly saddened” to announce its closing…
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The 2019 winners of the Consumer Credit Awards 2019 have been revealed at a ceremony in London. Launched in 2016, Fair for You, a pioneering not-for-profit emerged as the big winner on the night taking home three awards, including ‘Firm of the Year’, ‘Treating Customers Fairly Champion’ and ‘Customer Service Champion’, beating some of the…
Read moreThe Credit Services Association (CSA), the voice of the UK debt collection and debt purchase industry, has been recognised with a Skills Development Award by the Trade Association Forum (TAF) at its Best Practice Awards 2019. The achievement follows an impressive twelve months for the trade association. A main provider on the Register of Apprenticeships…
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Credit risk specialist LendingMetrics has announced that it has made two new appointments. Hamish MacCormick has been appointed Business Development Manager at the Fareham company. He has expertise in IT sales and SaaS platforms and has advised in the financial services sector. Hamish joins from Lead Forensics. Georgia Pullen is the company’s new Graphic Designer. Georgia joins from an architectural…
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Enforcement agency, Bristow & Sutor, has made a series of strategic appointments to its senior leadership leam, strengthening its technology, HR and sales divisions. The Redditch headquartered business has appointed Paul Lillico as Chief Technology Officer, Jodie Bromley as Group HR Director and Simon Hunt as Head of Sales. The new appointments come at a…
Read moreThe Money Advice Liasion Group (MALG) has announced new appointments to its board following its AGM last week. Bob Winnington Chief Executive Officer at MALG said “We’re very pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Wallwork, Chief Executive of the Credit Services Association (CSA) and Paul Smee, Chair of the Peer to Peer Finance Association,…
Read moreOnline vehicle remarketing company G3 Remarketing has announced that it has hit a significant milestone, two years on from launching their market-leading app. The AVID (Audio Visual Inspection Device) platform was introduced by the technology-led business in March 2017 following 18 months of development. Used daily by G3’s NAMA qualified inspection team, both on-site and…
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Scottish Building Society has announced that Paul Denton has been officially appointed Chief Executive Officer. Denton, who has more than 25 years experience in the banking sector, took up the reins after formal regulatory approval with a pledge to focus on personalised customer service. With 33,000 members, Scottish Building Society is the world’s oldest mutual…
Read moreDealTrak has announced a collaboration with Godel Technologies to develop the next generation of a leading FinTech platform – doubling the collective headcount from 10 to 20. Leeds-headquartered DealTrak – a technology firm which helps thousands of UK car showrooms to manage the finance and insurance (F&I) side of their business – has joined forces…
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Consumers are “more pessimistic and polarised about Brexit” impact on finances according to new research by Royal London. In a third quarterly YouGov the survey found that age and gender make a big difference to expectations, with women more likely to expect their finances to get worse rather than better after Brexit (35 per cent…
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Anti-money laundering (AML) pioneer SmartSearch has increased new client numbers by 45% in the five months to the end of May, compared to the same period in 2018, and added more than 3,650 new users to the platform. Launched in 2011, SmartSearch is the only organisation in the UK with the ability to verify individuals…
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Cabot Credit Management has announced that it is enhancing its high standard of customer service by launching a new professional Institute of Customer Service (ICS) training programme for its employees. This programme is designed to provide the foundational knowledge to be considered for an ICS work-based qualification, which is to be launched later this year.…
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