Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
New data published by Barclaycard, which sees nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions, shows that essential expenditure rose modestly by 2.2 per cent, boosted by a 4.1 per cent growth in petrol spend while supermarket sales contracted 0.5 per cent. Non-essential spending, meanwhile, saw year-on-year growth of 3.4 per cent. Yet,…
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First Trust Bank announced that it will rebrand as AIB. The change will mean that all First Trust Bank operations, products and services will rebrand as AIB on a phased basis to create a shared and unified brand for our customers across all our business operations from 2020. Over the past number of years, AIB…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new business in the point of sale (POS) consumer car finance market increased 2% by volume and 6% by value in February 2019, compared with the same month in 2018. The percentage of private new car sales financed by FLA members through the…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth of 1% in consumer finance new business in February 2019, compared with the same month last year. Retail store and online credit grew in February by 6%, compared with the same month in 2018, while the personal loan and credit card finance sectors…
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One in four consumers believe the ownership era is coming to an end, a study found. A poll of 2,000 UK adults found more than 40 percent believe they’ll never own their own home. And it also emerged currently less than half the nation own cars outright. The results of the study display the current…
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According to latest research by Moneyfacts.co.uk, the number of credit-impaired residential mortgages has decreased by 261 to 590 products over the past six months. Although choice is becoming more limited overall, the average credit-impaired two-year fixed rate mortgage has fallen by 0.13% to 4.36% since October last year while the average three-year rate has fallen…
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Stephen Sklaroff, the Director General of the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA), has decided to leave the FLA later this year, after some twelve years in the post. Commenting on his departure, Sklaroff said “It has been a privilege and a pleasure to work with the FLA’s members over the past twelve years as they…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final instruments and guidance that will apply in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal or an implementation period. As the UK prepares to leave the EU, the FCA has been working to deliver a transition that is as smooth as possible. The package…
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The Bank of England has published its latest Money & Credit report which shows that the annual growth of consumer’s borrowing on credit cards and as other loans continued to slow, though at a more gradual pace than the second half of 2018. Whilst annual growth of bank lending to businesses fell in February for…
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New research has revealed the insurance intermediary market expects clients to make greater use of credit this year when it comes to buying their cover. The findings from Premium Credit,show that 50% of insurance brokers anticipate the amount of credit used to buy general insurance in 2019 will be higher than the amount used last…
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Millions of consumers are taking on multiple forms of debt without a clear plan of how to pay it off, new research by KnowYourMoney.co.uk has revealed. The comparison website commissioned an independent, nationally-representative survey among more than 2,000 UK adults. It found that 62% of people across the country have some form of debt, with credit cards (35%),…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for March 2019: Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1.629 trillion at the end of January 2019. This is up from £1.579 trillion at the end of January 2018, an extra £952.50 per UK adult over the year. The average total debt per…
Read moreA survey by Comparethemarket.com has revealed consumers attitudes towards credit and how debt is impacting their lives. The price comparison site wanted to discover the main reasons why people get into debt and how it affects their lives, in particular, their relationships and mental health. The survey found that 45% of consumers are in debt,…
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