Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Credit decisioning specialist Zoot, has announced a partnership with credit scorecards specialist Credit Kudos. The combination will enable lenders to easily incorporate account transaction data into their existing risk process, leveraging Credit Kudos’ pre-configured risk models through Zoot’s cloud-based platform integrating data and scoring to create a seamless application process. Adam Jackson, Zoot’s Managing Director…
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UK Finance has announced the latest first-time buyer activity statistics which show continued growth in June. Here is an overview of the main statistics: On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, UK Finance data shows that mortgage lending in June rose: First-time buyers borrowed £5.9bn, up 26% on the previous month and 9% on June 2016. This…
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Developments in the wider economy are making it more challenging for homebuyers and savers. Building societies continue to support both groups and maintained a high market share of new mortgage lending and savings in the second quarter of 2017 according to latest figures from the Building Society Association Building societies approved 112,340 new mortgage loans.…
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Data from Barclaycard has revealed that consumer spending has risen by 3.5%. The data shows that consumers received some respite from a continued drop in petrol prices, which have fallen from an average of 120p per litre at the start of the year to 113p last month. As a result, expenditure on the forecourt increased…
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Figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the number of second charge mortgage repossessions in Q2 2017 was 36, 10% lower than in the same quarter in 2016. The annual rate of second charge mortgage repossessions as a percentage of average outstanding agreements at the end of Q2 2017 was 0.06%,…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for August 2017: Personal debt in the UK Total UK personal debt The average total debt per household – including mortgages – was £57,005 in June. The revised figure for May was £56,791 Based on June 2017 trends, the UK’s total interest repayments on personal…
Read moreTandem has announced that it has agreed on a deal to acquire Harrods Bank, subject to regulatory approval. The deal will bring around £80 million of capital into the business. Once the deal has been completed Tandem can accelerate launch plans and start to offer savings accounts as well as continued development of the app and credit card. The…
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Ten years on from the onset of the global credit crunch, millions of people are still enduring financial pain. New research from GoCompare has found that nearly half (46%) of the UK’s population feel worse off now than they did in 2007, with one in four concerned that they would be in serious financial trouble…
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The latest high street banking data from UK Finance shows that consumer credit growth was 1.9% in June, compared with 2.1% in the previous month. Gross mortgage borrowing totalled £13.0 billion in June. Net mortgage borrowing was 2.6% higher than a year ago. Eric Leenders, Head of Personal at UK Finance said “June saw consumer borrowing from high…
Read moreLoyal customers who don’t remortgage after their fixed term deal can pay £400 extra a year, Citizens Advice research reveals. The penalty affects people who are rolled onto their bank’s standard variable interest rate at the end of a fixed term mortgage deal. The Citizens Advice research finds that people who remain on the standard…
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Lloyds Banking Group (Lloyds) has agreed to set up a redress scheme for mortgage customers who incurred fees after they fell behind with their mortgage payments. Following engagement with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Lloyds acknowledged that when customers fell into arrears, they did not always do enough to understand customers’ circumstances to be confident…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published proposals to extend the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) to almost all regulated firms. The new regime will essentially replace the Approved Persons Regime. The aim of the new regime is to reduce harm to consumers and strengthen market integrity by making individuals more accountable for their…
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The number of complaints about motor finance products has grown in the second quarter of this year, according to the Motor Ombudsman.The Motor Ombudsman, the automotive dispute resolution provider, has reported a 13% increase in the level of contacts handled by its team of legally-trained adjudicators in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the first three…
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