Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Oodle Car Finance has announced it has appointed Estelle McConnell as its Head of Sales & Major Accounts. Connell joins Oodle with two decades of experience in automotive finance, having previously held positions at Capital Bank, Secure Trust Bank, and Close Brothers. In her new role, she will focus on driving the business forward by supporting…
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The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has announced that David Geale has been appointed Interim Managing Director. The interim appointment will be for a period of nine months. Geale joins the PSR from the FCA where he has most recently been Director of Retail Banking with responsibility for supervision and policy. He has also been a…
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Dudley Building Society has announced the appointment of Simon Dodd as its new Head of Retail. Dodd joined in April from Coventry Building Society, where he held the position of Head of B2B Marketing. During his eight years at the mutual, he oversaw significant growth and was awarded the Financial Reporter Mortgage Industry Marketer of the Year…
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA )is investigating the anticipated acquisition by Nationwide Building Society of Virgin Money. Nationwide’s £2.9bn takeover bid for Virgin Money would create the second-largest mortgage lender in the UK. The CMA says its investigation will examine whether the move will result in a substantial lessening of competition within any market…
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UK Finance has announced the appointment of Simon Bladon, Chief Executive Officer, PayPal UK and Ian McLaughlin, Group Chief Executive Officer, Vanquis Banking Group, to its board. Simon Bladon is PayPal UK Chief Executive Officer, and Vice President of Global Entity Management. Simon was formerly a Managing Director at Barclays with over 20 years’ experience…
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Target Group has announced a new partnership with Atto to use its open banking solution. Target Group has enhanced its Mortgage Hub originations platform by using real-time transaction data from Atto. Atto, which rebranded earlier this year from DirectID, is working with Target Group to provide real-time open banking information and deliver instant insights into…
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TransUnion has announced that it has appointed Praneeth Meka as its new Chief Data and Analytics Officer for the United Kingdom and Europe. The appointment sees the business combine data asset management and data science and analytics leadership into one leadership role for the first time. Joining the executive with his appointment to the Chief…
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Compare the Market has announced several new appointments to its Money team, as the much-loved price comparison website continues to expand its choice for customers. Andy Hancock joined the business in January as Chief Growth Officer to focus on increasing the range of products available to help customers make better financial decisions. Since then, with…
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Harpenden Building Society has announced the appointment of Tracie Pearce as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Pearce has over 29 years’ experience in retail banking across three major financial institutions, Nationwide Building Society, HSBC and most recently Santander, where she was the Chief Customer Officer, Homes at Santander UK. At HSBC she started as…
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Liz Oakes has been appointed and Carolyn Wilkins has been re-appointed as external members of the Financial Policy Committee (FPC), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has announced. Liz Oakes joins as an external member of the Financial Policy Committee (FPC). Her appointment fills the role previously filled by Elisabeth Stheeman. She will serve…
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Nottingham Building Society has announced that it has appointed Maxine Davenport as Head of Underwriting. Davenport has over 20 years of experience in mortgage underwriting, product lifecycle management and operational risk environments and was most recently product and business manager at Aldermore Bank. Prior to her time at Aldermore, she worked in underwriting at the…
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Aryza Group has announced the appointments of two new Non-Executive Directors, Michael McAteer and Tamara McMillen. McAteerl brings broad experience from Grant Thornton across a range of accounting and financial restructuring disciplines, advising Irish and cross border businesses on best practices in the retail, leisure, construction and IT sectors. He is a Fellow of the…
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Short-term lender Glenhawk has announced it has appointed John Butt as Head of Credit. Butt joins the newly-created role from Foundation Homeloans and has more than 20 years’ experience in specialist lending. Butt will work closely with the underwriting and sales team to improve the application and lending process, as well as assisting with complex…
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