Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Latest Bank of England data has indicated that credit card borrowing is rising at its fastest annual rate in 17 years. The annual growth rate for credit card borrowing hit 11.6% in April – the highest figure since November 2005. The figures also reveal that the rate for all consumer credit increased to 5.7% in…
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Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) popularity as an alternative payment option, has been highlighted by GlobalData’s latest report, revealing that the global transaction value for BNPL payments reached $120 billion in 2021, and is set to reach $576 billion by 2026. BNPL made up 2.3% of the global ecommerce market, or, in other words, for every…
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New figures from the Building Societies Association (BSA) have indicated that mortgage lending by building societies in the first three months of this year was on a par with lending in the same period last year when the Stamp Duty holiday was in operation. Both lending and approvals were higher in January-March 2022 than they…
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New research by UK Finance has found that the stock of outstanding interest-only mortgages fell by 15 per cent in 2021, compared with the position at the end of 2020. The concerted industry strategy to manage down the size and risk profile of the interest-only book has seen it reduce by over two thirds since…
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Consumer confidence has dipped to a record low, with GFK’s confidence index dropping two points to -40 in May, with this a point lower than the previous record of -39 set in July 2008. The statistics indicate that consumer confidence is at its lowest point since records began in 1974. Joe Staton, Client Strategy Director,…
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New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 19% in March 2022 compared with the same month in 2021. In Q1 2022 overall, new business was 34% higher than in the same quarter in 2021. The credit card and personal loan sectors together reported…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the consumer car finance market reported new business volumes up in March 2022 by 2% compared with the same month in 2021. The corresponding value of new business grew by 8% over the same period. In Q1 2022 as a whole, new business…
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Data covering quoted household interest rates on consumer credit products released by the Bank of England has revealed the rising cost of borrowing for UK households according to analysis by Freedom Finance. With the Bank hiking interest rates by 0.25% last Thursday and inflation expected to show a climb yet again for April, the data…
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Analysis of Bank of England data by Mazars shows UK households are currently paying £18.3 billion annually in interest payments on floating rate debt that are likely to be immediately impacted by an interest rate rise. Thi includes floating-rate mortgages, credit card debt and other unsecured personal lending. Consumers will be hit by further rises…
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The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee has raised rates to 1%, the highest in 13 years. The Bank also warned that the cost of living crisis could push the economy into recession this year. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to raise the base rate from 0.75% to 1%. Three of the nine-strong…
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Latest figures from the Bank of England (BOE) have revealed that consumers borrowed an additional £1.3 billion in consumer credit in March, of which £800 million was new lending on credit cards, taking total credit card borrowing in the first three months of this year to £2 billion. The figures show credit card borrowing was…
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Buy now, pay later (BNPL) specialist, Klarna has announced that it will start reporting UK customer debts to credit agencies for the first time next month, in a move that could affect shoppers’ credit ratings from 2023. The move is understood to be the result of two years of talks with the credit reference companies…
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New research by TotallyMoney has found that 2 million mortgage borrowers could face an average payment increase of over £1,000 per year. The research found that a 1% Bank of England (BoE) interest rate rise would increase mortgage payments by £99 per month or £1,188 per year for a 75% LTV mortgage on the average…
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