Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Digital mortgage lender, Molo Finance has appointed Matthew Kimber as Chief Executive Officer. Kimber joined Molo last November as Chief Operating Officer and has over two decades of banking and finance experience. Prior to that, he worked at CHL Mortgage for over eight years, leaving as Managing Director. Kimber has also worked in underwriting…
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Social purpose lender Salad Money has announced that it has appointed Bernard de Barbeyrac to the role of Chief Data Officer. de Barbeyrac brings extensive experience in building decision science risk models, joining Salad Money after nearly eight years with Funding Circle UK where he was Global Head of Decision Science. His career has included…
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Bevan Money, the lender due to launch later this year, has announced it has appointed Brian Brodie as Chief Executive. Brodie joins the firm from Freedom Finance, where he worked for eight years as Group Chief Executive and most recently as Chair. He has also worked as a senior advisor at Pollen Street Capital…
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Digital compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) software company SmartSearch has announced that it has promoted Andrew Booth to the position of Vice President of Technology – one of 16 promotions across its nearly 200-strong team. Booth joined SmartSearch more than five years ago and has served as its head of technology. In his new role of…
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Social lender and financial inclusion Moneyline has announced the expansion of a partnership with Ordo. The partnership means that Moneyline can now offer a payment option that can help reduce the amount of interest borrowers pay in real terms. Interest is calculated daily, so paying off a portion of the balance sooner when funds are…
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Barclays Bank has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the retail banking business of Tesco. The sale only includes its banking operations in credit cards, loans and savings. Tesco bank has around five million customers. The acquisition and partnership are subject to regulatory approval and expected to complete in the second half…
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Embedded finance specialist, Aro has announced a partnership with Equifax. Equifax will acts as an introducer to Aro’s platform which enables consumers to compare credit cards, secured loan and personal loan products simply and find a financial product that suits their needs from the panel of lenders. With the partnership, Equifax makes use of Aro’s…
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Fluent Money has announced that it has appointed Tim Wheeldon as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Wheeldon has a wealth of experience in the business having been one of the founding members of the company in 2008 alongside Kevin Hindley, Paul Ford, and Simon Moore. Wheeldon was previously Chief Operating Officer at Fluent Money, which was…
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Digital bank, Tandem has announced the appointment of Maria Khan, as Director of Product and Digital, and Chris Parker, as Head of Marketing. As Director of Product and Digital, Khan will lead the development of Tandem’s exciting digital offering, working with the team to create even better green digital banking solutions for its customers, as…
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Credit reference agency Equifax has announced a new Open Banking partnership to support affordability decisions and transparency for Tymit’s credit products in the UK. The partnership will allow Tymit to improve the accuracy of affordability decisions with real-time insights and more granular transaction data. This provides direct benefits to Tymit customers, helping those with ‘thin’…
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Credit reference agency, TransUnion has named Sudhish Mohan as its new UK and Europe Chief Information Officer (CIO). Having previously held the roles of CIO and Chief Operating Officer at TransUnion Africa, where he led digital transformation, product delivery and consumer experience, Mohan will now be responsible for leading TransUnion’s technology and analytics transformation. He will…
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MotoNovo Finance has appointed Chris Adams to the newly created position of Director of Pricing and Portfolio Performance, joining the business’ Senior Leadership Team. Adams joins MotoNovo from Lloyds Banking Group, where he worked for over twenty years, most recently as Head of Pricing and Performance for their Black Horse and Lex Autolease businesses, which…
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Risk and data science consultancy, Jaywing, has appointed Ben Archer as Lead Consultant. Archer has almost two decades of data science and fraud prevention experience within the financial services and retail sectors, Archer’s expertise will be instrumental in enhancing Jaywing’s fraud prevention offering to meet the growing demands of its clients. Prior to joining Jaywing,…
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