Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) has announced that it has appointed Amanda Bryden as Director of Distribution and Incoming Managing Director of Accord Mortgages. Bryden brings more than 25 years of mortgage and intermediary leadership experience, most recently with Lloyds Banking Group. She has also held senior roles at HSBC, Santander and Coventry Building Society. Jeremy…
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Outsourcer and software provider Target Group has announced the appointment of Paul Lynam as a Non-Executive Director. Lynam brings more than 35 years of leadership experience across the banking and financial services sector. He has held several senior executive and board positions, including serving as Chief Executive Officer of Equiniti Group and Secure Trust Bank.…
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Subscription-based credit provider Creditspring has announced it has secured FCA permission to operate as a credit broker, enabling the company to support more customers by introducing eligible members to carefully selected third-party credit products that better meet their needs. The permission means that when a Creditspring product isn’t the most suitable option, eligible members can…
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Transave Credit Union has announced that it has appointed fintech and consumer finance executive Jake Ransonas as a Non-Executive Director. The appointment comes as the UK’s credit union sector is entering a period of significant expansion. Adult membership reached 2.16 million in 2025, while the recently launched Credit Union Growth Plan sets an ambitious target…
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International credit management and technology company, Pepper Advantage, has announced the appointment of Matthew Wye as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective October 2026, subject to regulatory approval. He will lead the company’s expanding credit management operations, including the mortgage servicing business acquired from Computershare earlier this year. Wye will bring over 20 years of credit…
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Paragon Bank has announced the appointment of Colin Sanders as Managing Director (MD) of its new bridging proposition. Sanders joins Paragon with more than three decades of specialist lending experience, having previously led bridging lender Omni Capital as its CEO, and later founding Tuscan Capital and selling the business to Allica Bank. Paragon has also…
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Dudley Building Society has strengthened its leadership team with the appointments of Jayne Roberts as Head of Lending and Richard McDonald as Brand and Communications Manager. Roberts joins from Skipton Building Society, bringing extensive experience across the mortgage and lending sector. In her new role, she will lead Dudley Building Society’s lending function, overseeing the continued development…
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Following an external recruitment process, the Bank of England has appointed Nicholas Segal as Chair of its Enforcement Decision Making Committee (EDMC), and Peter King as Deputy Chair, The EDMC is the Bank’s decision-making body for contested enforcement cases in the statutory regimes the Bank operates in relation to Prudential Regulation, Financial Market Infrastructures, Resolution,…
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Hodge Bank has announced that it has acquired the business and certain assets of Blue Motor Finance Limited through a pre-pack Administration process. Simon Edel, Alan Hudson and Richard Barker of EY Parthenon were appointed as Joint Administrators of the company, and the sale was completed immediately upon their appointment. The agreement means that the…
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The Equity Release Council, the representative body for the UK equity release and later life lending sector, has announced the appointment of John Godfrey as its new Chair. Godfrey brings more than four decades of experience gained from senior leadership across financial services, government and public policy, including as head of the No.10 policy unit,…
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Paylink Solutions has announced the appointment of Andy Hart as Managing Director and Nicky Mikulla as Sales Director. The company says that the appointments reflect Paylink Solutions’ continued investment in shaping the future of affordability. Over the coming months, the company will introduce a range of new platform capabilities that combine AI, intelligent decisioning, automation…
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Wilkin Chapman Rollits has announced three new Partner appointments. Louisa Shilleto has been promoted to Partner at Wilkin Chapman Rollits, having started her career with the firm as a paralegal in 2015. Shilleto studied law at the University of Hull and joined Wilkin Chapman Rollits as a paralegal in 2015. She went on to complete…
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The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) board has announced it has appointed Jenny Simmonds as permanent Chief Executive Officer and James Dipple-Johnstone as permanent Chief Ombudsman. The appointments of Simmonds and Dipple-Johnstone follow an open recruitment process led by the board earlier this summer. Both Simmonds and Dipple-Johnstone initially took up their roles on an interim…
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