Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Credit risk management software and analytics provider, GDS Link has announced that Brian Kinch has joined the team as the Managing Director of Fraud Solutions. As one of our resident experts on fraud, Kinch will focus on how GDS Link delivers powerful solutions to help our clients combat all types of fraud in the lending…
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Nationwide Building Society announces that it has appointed Debbie Crosbie as its next Chief Executive and Executive Director, subject to regulatory approval. The selection process has been led by Kevin Parry, the Society’s Deputy Chairman and Chairman Elect and follows the announcement in September that after nearly six years in the role, the current Chief…
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Specialist finance packager Pink Pig Loans has appointed Kate Pedley as its new Head of Residential Mortgages and Protection. Pedley joins from Mortgage Advice Bureau, where she has worked as a mortgage and protection specialist for five years. She has 12 years’ experience in the industry, starting her career with Nationwide Building Society. In her…
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Evolution Funding, the motor finance broker and technology provider, has appointed Katie Hayes to the board as its Chief Operating Officer. Bringing over 22 years’ experience in the sector, Hayes joins Evolution from Lloyds Banking Group, where she was a member of the senior leadership team within the motor finance division. Positions held include Head…
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Hodge has appointed Hema Patel as the new Business Development Manager for the North of England and Scotland. Before joining Hodge, Patel worked in various roles at Key Group, including as a Business Development Manager for More2Life and Key Partnerships, for more than 13 years. Patel will support brokers in the north of England and…
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Ecospend, a provider of Open Banking APIs, has announced the appointment of Sarah Lambert as Head of Solutions. Lambert will be working with the team to help Ecospend identify and deliver data-based solutions, powered by open banking technology, that meet the needs of more vulnerable customers. As a Sales and Affordability product specialist, Lambert will…
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Fintech Monevo has appointed Kelli Fielding, TransUnion’s Managing Director of Consumer Interactive, to its board, helping to leverage TransUnion’s global relationships and market-leading decisioning and analytic capabilities. The appointment comes in the wake of TransUnion announcing its investment in Monevo, a personal credit platform empowering lenders to deliver highly personalised credit offers to consumers via…
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Law firm, Auxillias has appointed two legal, governance and compliance specialists to its team, strengthening the firm’s offering for clients. Simon Brown has been named as Director of Compliance and Training, while Carrie Stephenson has been appointed to the role of Director of Legal and Governance. Brown will be launching the firm’s compliance offering, working…
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The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has announced the appointment of Rebecca McNeil as the new Chair of the Association, with effect from 30 November. She succeeds Richard Jones, who has held this post since 2017. McNeil is currently Chief Executive Officer at Close Brothers Retail and was previously CEO at Close Brothers Motor Finance.…
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Simon Hunt has been appointed to the new role of Head of Information Security and Compliance at iVendi. Hunt has worked as a freelance consultant for the company since 2017 and will take on the full-time role from the beginning of September. Entering the IT sector in 1988, Hunt has operated as an Analyst Programmer,…
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Close Brothers Motor Finance has announced that it has promoted John Cassidy to Director of Commercial Partners, and Matt King to the newly-created role of Head of Partners. Cassidy has worked at Close Brothers for almost 12 years, most recently as Head of Brokers and Partnerships. During his time at the company, Cassidy has led…
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John van Kuffeler has announced that he is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Non-Standard Finance (NSF) with immediate effect. Chief Finance Director (CFO) Jono Gillespie will succeed him. with a process is already underway to appoint a replacement Gillespie has almost 25 years’ experience in the non-standard consumer finance sector and has…
Read moreTotallyMoney, the credit app built to help people move their money forwards and achieve their financial goals, has announced the appointment of Liz Afolabi as its People Director. Afolabi joins TotallyMoney’s management team from Unleashed, where she spent two and a half years building productive, engaged and high-performing teams for a number of UK and…
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