Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Personal insolvency provider Creditfix has announced changes to how it works with third-party debt packager firms. The move, which will see the company introduce a flat rate to external providers, comes in a proactive response to industry calls for tighter regulation around external sources and to further ensure that customers seeking debt advice get the…
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Generation Z are far more likely to be living on the edge with only 14% having enough spare cash to be resilient to rising prices compared to 52% of Millennials, 60% of Baby Boomers and 64% of Generation X according to research by HL Savings and Resilience Barometer, produced with Oxford Economics. The research also…
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Latest figures from the Insolvency Service have indicated that personal insolvencies in England & Wales increased by 0.3% to 8,477 in January 2022 compared to 8,451 in December 2021, and were 1.8% higher than January 2021’s figure of 8,331. There were 1,873 DROs and 575 bankruptcies. The number of DROs in January 2022 was 59%…
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Latest statistics from the Insolvency Service have indicated that Northern Irish business and personal insolvency figures increased the latest quarterly figures. In January 2022, there were 18 business insolvencies registered in Northern Ireland, six times as many as in January 2021, but 31% lower than January 2020. The insolvencies comprised of two compulsory liquidations, 12…
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Credit Connect’s hosted its fourth Online Collections Technology Think Tank 3.1 last week which saw collections strategies and the impact of the pandemic discussed by fifteen collections professionals from a variety of industry sectors. The themes of collections risk, customer engagement, affordability, vulnerable customers and the future collections were discussed by panellists and Chair Vanessa…
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The Insolvency Service punished 32 individuals who went bankrupt as a result of excessive gambling or unnecessarily extravagant spending last year according to new analysis by Mazars. The Insolvency Service secured Bankruptcy Restrictions Orders (BROs) against these 32 individuals to prevent them from resuming the gambling, rash speculation or extravagant spending that contributed to their…
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Research by KIS Finance has revealed that as a direct result of the rising cost of living, 57% of people are either already struggling financially, or expect to do so in the very near future. With inflation jumping to 5.4%, its highest level in almost 30 years, increasing numbers are finding it challenging to make…
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Millions of people with mental health problems say they are missing out on Equality Act protections from banks and other essential services firms according to new a report by Money and Mental Health Policy Institute. The research found that many banks and other essential services providers are likely to be failing to meet legal duties set…
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Annual person insolvency figures statistics for England and Wales from the Insolvency Service have indicated that there were 110,022 personal insolvencies in 2021, a fall of 1.4% on 2020’s figure of 111,578, and a fall of 9.9% compared to 2019 (122,155). The number of bankruptcies in 2021 was 31% lower than in 2020 and 48%…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for January 2022 Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1,754.3 billion at the end of November 202 The average total debt per household, including mortgages, was £63,122 and per adult was £33,169, around 108.6% of average earnings Net mortgage lending rose by…
Read moreLatest figures from Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) has indicated that personal insolvency numbers (bankruptcies and protected trust deeds) in Scotland for the year ended 31st December 2021 were 16.9% lower than in the year ended 31st December 2020, at 7,543 (2021) against 9,078 (2020). The number of personal insolvencies (bankruptcies and protected trust deeds) in…
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Official figures show that inflation jumped to 5.4% in December, with this the highest rate since the 7.1% recorded in March 1992. The consumer price index (CPI) measure of inflation was up from 5.1% in November, with soaring food costs and energy price increases helping drive the rate up. The Office for National Statistics (ONS)…
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The number of people finding it hard to keep up with bills and credit commitments has doubled since the start of the pandemic according to new research from StepChange Debt Charity. The charity has found the proportion of people struggling is now nearly one in three (30%) UK consumers – 15 million people – compared…
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