Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
New statistics from Comparethemarket.com have revealed the financial consequences of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ schemes. The survey of over 2,000 UK adults indicates that over two million UK adults who have used ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ schemes (BNPL) have had their credit scores damaged by using these payment schemes, as national levels of consumer debt continue…
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Consumer Credit Solutions (CCS) has announced the appointment of Colin Macpherson as Business Development Manager. He has taken on account management responsibility for home improvement retailers across Scotland. Macpherson has over 40 years’ experience in consumer finance, working mainly for American-owned UK banks specialising in unsecured point-of-sale credit. More recently Macpherson has gained experience in…
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Credit Connect Media will host its first free live webinar in February. The webinar titled “How to accelerate effective collections with digital transformation” will be the first of a series of webinars looking at the latest thematic innovations enhancing collections strategy. The first partner for the webinar will be Lightico, winner of the Contact Centre…
Read moreHere is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for December 2019: Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1,665 billion at the end of October 2019. The average total debt per household, including mortgages, was £59,840 and per adult was £31,569, around 111.7% of average earnings. Net mortgage lending rose…
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Chris Laverty, Trevor O’Sullivan and Helen Dale of Grant Thornton UK LLP have been appointed as joint administrators of high-cost short term lender MMP Financial. The brand was also known as My Money Partner and Swift Sterling. A company statement company website confirmed that the administrators had been appointed and that they were no longer…
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Amigo has announced a number of changes to the board including the appointment of new non-executive Directors, the Chairman of the Board and the Chair of the Remuneration Committee standing down through an orderly process and the resignation of the CEO. The Richmond Group Ltd has notified the Company of its intention to exercise its…
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Provident Financial has announced the appointment of Neeraj Kapur as Chief Finance Officer (CFO). Kapur will join the board and start as Chief Finance Officer on 1st April 2020. Kapur is currently Group Chief Financial Officer at Secure Trust Bank plc. He has a strong retail banking background, including consumer finance and savings products expertise.…
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DJS (UK) trading as PiggyBank has entered administration. The company provided high-cost short term (payday) lending services to the UK consumer market. The company is thought to have had around 45,000 customers and was seen as one of the UK’s top 10 largest payday lenders. Shane Biddlecombe and Gordon Johnston of HJS have been appointed…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that Active Securities trading as 247 Moneybox, have been placed into administration. Active Securities a high-cost short term lender (payday lender). In a statement that appears on the website, the company said that all existing loan agreements remain in place and will not be affected by the proposed…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for November 2019: Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1,661 billion at the end of September 2019. This is up from £1,612 billion at the end of September 2018, an extra £930 per UK adult over the year. The average total…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told guarantor lender, Amigo to explain more carefully the risks that people are taking on when they agree to guarantee a loan for a family member or friend. The FCA was concerned that guarantors were not always made fully aware of their obligations, nor of the likelihood that they…
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Elevate Credit International, a UK lender offering tech-enabled online credit solutions, has appointed Steve Grice as its new Managing Director. Grice will lead the UK operation of Elevate Credit, which strives to create a fairer financial world for all. Prior to his appointment as Managing Director, Grice served as Chief Technology Officer where he was…
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Credit Connect has announced its inaugural Credit & Collections Technology company power list for 2019. The power list is the first edition of what will be an annual round-up of the most prominent innovating companies within credit and collections technology. Within the list, Credit Connect has identified the top 20 ‘Premier’ innovators highlighting the achievements…
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