Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Darlington Building Society has announced that it has promoted Leanne Arundell to Head of Underwriting. In her new role, Arundell will oversee the society’s underwriting. The society said a key focus for Arundell will be maintaining close working relationships between the underwriting and mortgage distribution teams. She will also help brokers understand lending requirements and…
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LendingMetrics has announced the appointment of Jamie Land as Head of Presales. The appointment forms part of the company’s continued investment in people, technology and specialist capabilities, as LendingMetrics builds on its growth ambitions. Land brings more than 20 years of banking and credit risk experience spanning originations, account management, authorisations, fraud and senior credit risk…
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LiveMore has announced the appointment of Peter Wallis as Chief Technology Officer, strengthening its senior leadership team as the business continues to develop its technology capabilities and digital proposition. Wallisr joins LiveMore with more than 30 years’ experience in technology leadership across mortgage lending, financial services, and other regulated industries. As CTO of LendInvest, he…
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The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has announced that it has appointed Ian McLaughlin to its board. McLaughlin brings more than 30 years’ experience across financial services, spanning consumer finance, motor finance, mortgages, savings, wealth management and insurance. He joined Vanquis as Group Chief Executive Officer in 2023, having previously served as Chief Executive Officer…
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Specialist lender LiveMore has announced the appointment to its executive team of Danielle Wilson as Chief Commercial Officer. Wilson’s appointment strengthens its senior leadership team as the lender accelerates its growth through innovative solutions and new strategic partnerships. She is an experienced commercial leader with a track record spanning fintech, lending, AI and SaaS. She…
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Paragon Bank has promoted Matt Fulford to Head of Specialist Lending within its Mortgages division, reinforcing its focus on helping brokers place an increasingly broad range of buy-to-let business, from straightforward transactions through to more complex cases. Reporting to Lisa Steele, Mortgage Lending Director, Fulford will lead Paragon’s specialist lending proposition and oversee the rollout…
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Paragon Bank has appointed Kate Cooper as Senior Bridging Underwriter and Swaraj Dada as Head of Bridging Credit as it continues to build its newly created Bridging Finance team. The appointments strengthen the specialist team being assembled by Colin Sanders, Managing Director of Bridging Finance, ahead of the proposition’s wider launch. Dada brings 16 years…
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StreamBank, the specialist lender focused on bridging, commercial and buy-to-let finance, has appointed Barry Carter as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 14th December 2026. He will succeed Mike Kirsopp, who is retiring after leading StreamBank through significant growth and helping establish it as a leading specialist property finance lender. Carter joins StreamBank from…
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Kimberley Bennett has joined Afin Bank as a Mortgage Underwriter, further expanding the specialist lender’s credit team. Last month Afin added new underwriters with experience of the bank’s core propositions including residential, buy-to-let and bridging. Bennett joins from Precise, where she spent more than nine years, rising through the organisation to become a Mortgage Underwriter.…
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Paragon Bank has appointed Simon Cockerill as Commercial Director of Mortgages. Reporting to the Managing Director of Mortgages, Louisa Sedgwick, Cockerill will lead the continued development of Paragon’s buy-to-let mortgage sales, distribution and product functions. Working with established teams across the business, he will support further growth in existing and developing areas of the market,…
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Jaja Finance has appointed Abby Vickers as Chief Customer Officer. In the newly created role, Vickers will lead a combined Commercial, Product and Analytics function and take end-to-end ownership of Jaja’s customer and commercial agenda. Vickers joins Jaja from Klarna, where she has been CEO of Klarna Financial Services UK since 2019, leading the UK…
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Specialist SME lender 365 Finance has announced George Visser as its new Chief Risk Officer. Visser joins the company after 11 years at Bayport Financial Services Group, in which time he rose from being a Financial Modeller to Head of Commercial Analytics and then Group Credit Executive. Visser will lead 365 Finance’s risk function, overseeing credit…
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Hanley Economic Building Society has appointed Paul Learoyd as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Learoyd joins the Society’s executive team with extensive experience across the building society and wider financial services sectors, spanning operations, mortgage propositions, technology and major transformation programmes. Most recently, he served as Digital Programme Director at West Brom Building Society, where he…
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