Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew in December 2018 by 4% compared with the same month in 2017, and by 5% in Q4 2018 as a whole. Credit card and personal loan new business together grew in December by 5% compared with the same…
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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 grew 1% by volume and 4% by value in December 2018, compared with the same month in 2017. The POS consumer new car finance market reported new business volumes in December…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the second charge mortgage market reports volumes up by 13% in December. Commenting on the December 2018 new business figures for the second charge mortgage market, Fiona Hoyle, Head of Consumer and Mortgage Finance at the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA), said “December…
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The Irish Central Bank has published the penultimate update on the Tracker Mortgage Examination, showing that, at end-2018, lenders had paid out €647 million to customers affected by their failings. This is an increase of €67 million since end-August. The update also showed that an additional 1,400 affected customers have been included by lenders for…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today set out how it would use the temporary transitional power in the event the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement. The Treasury has put forward draft legislation that would make transitional provisions if the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement. This is intended to minimise the disruption for…
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Reservations about data security pose the biggest challenge when it comes to increasing consumer adoption of Open Banking, according to a new white paper from credit reference agency and information solutions provider, TransUnion (formerly Callcredit). Based on research with both consumers and financial sector decision-makers across the UK, the study found that consumers cite the…
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The Bank of England has today published its latest monthly Money and Credit report showing consumer credit growth slowed to 6.6 percent in the year to December 2018. Outstanding balances for consumer credit stand at £215.6 billion. The Bank of England says that the credit growth slow down reflects the continuation of relatively weak flows…
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Nearly one million (900,000) people who’ve never switched energy supplier could cover the cost of their Christmas borrowing by changing to a better deal. New analysis from Citizens Advice shows that around 3.2 million people in Britain borrowed up to £150 to cover the cost of Christmas in 2018, almost 1 million of whom have…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for January 2019: Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1.613 trillion at the end of November 2018. This is up from £1.569 trillion at the end of November 2017, an extra £898.71 per UK adult and £78.15 higher than the previous month. The…
Read moreUK Finance has published its Household Finance update for December 2018 which have revealed that over £11 billion spent on credit cards which showed an 8.8 per cent increase when compared with the same month the previous year. The outstanding level of credit card borrowing grew by 4.7 per cent in the twelve months to December. Personal…
Read moreAlmost half of finance professionals (45%) regard big data as the most influential trend in the financial sector, according to the Onguard’s FinTech Barometer survey. Despite more than one-third of respondents (36%) expecting big data to impact employment, very few think it will actually lead to job losses. In fact, more than three-quarters of finance…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published new data on insights and trends in the high-cost short-term credit (HCSTC). The data indicates that lending volumes in the market remain well below the levels seen in 2013, but have risen since 2016. Over 5.4 million loans were made in the year to 30 June 2018, with 10…
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Consumers are bracing themselves for a major financial crisis and housing crash this year according to a new poll from Spearvest, a wealth management firm. The study, conducted by independent survey company Censuswide asked 1,000 members of the UK public about their views on the economic outlook for 2019. A total of 44 per cent…
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