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FundingSecure, a regulated Peer-to Peer (P2P) firm, has been placed into administration and has appointed CG Recovery as administrators. Funding Secure operates a P2P lending platform through a website facilitating crowdfunded loans which are used to fund the purchase and development of property, as well as pawn-broking style loans secured on items of value. In…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the complaints figures for regulated firms for the first half of 2019. The data showed an increase in complaints from 3.91m in the second half (H2) of 2018 to 4.29m for the first half (H1) of 2019. The increase in complaints was mainly driven by a 34% increase…
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Consumer Credit Solutions (CCS) is celebrating 20 years supporting the home improvement industry and providing consumer finance to the sector. The business began in 1999 as a partnership and is still owned and managed by its founders Andy Wallace and Peter Nicholson. Since then CCS has grown into the UK’s leading independent finance facilitator working…
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Home Credit lender, Morses Club has reported a strong financial performance in its latest interim results for the twenty-seven weeks ended 31st August 2019, The figures show Home Collected Credit (HCC) adjusted pre-tax profits were up 20.2% to £13.1m (H1 FY19: £10.9m). Group customer numbers have increased to about 276,000, compared to 230,000 for the first…
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Ireland’ regulator the Central Bank has published a Prohibition Notice prohibiting Home Credit Ireland Executive Director Michael Kearns from performing any controlled function in all regulated financial service providers for a period of two years. Home Credit Ireland is authorised as a Moneylender under the Consumer Credit Act 1995 (as amended). Kearns failed to properly…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for September 2019: Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1,647 billion at the end of July 2019. This is up from £1,600 billion at the end of July 2018, an extra £888 per UK adult over the year. The average total…
Read moreOne of the largest guarantor lenders, UK Credit, has secured over £17.5 million in funding from Paragon. It is the latest deal for Paragon’s Structured Lending team, which has already provided over £130m of funding across a range of specialist lenders spanning consumer finance, point of sale funding, SME lending and property backed finance. Lewis…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for August 2019: Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1,642 billion at the end of June 2019. This is up from £1,596 billion at the end of June 2018, an extra £887 per UK adult over the year. The average total…
Read moreProvident Financial has highlighted “good recovery” in its interim results for the six months ending on 30 June 2019. The listed doorstep lender, which serves 2.4m customers, reported pre-tax profits of £74.9m for the first half of 2019, the same as the equivalent period for last year. Malcolm Le May, Chief Executive Officer, said “Despite…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for July 2019: Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1,640 billion at the end of May 2019. This is up from £1,592 billion at the end of May 2018, an extra £922 per UK adult over the year. The average total debt per household, including mortgages,…
Read moreThe CCTA association who represent businesses providing credit to consumers has announced that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Greg Stevens will take over as Chair for the CCTA council replacing John Fellows. Fellows, who has held the role of Council Chair for seven years, said “I’m delighted to announce that Greg Stevens has agreed to take…
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New research, undertaken by Opinium, on behalf of UK lender Elevate Credit, reveals that nearly half (45%) of sub-prime borrowers, equating to 7.1 million people in the UK, would need to cut back their spending significantly if their earnings were reduced by £25 per week or £3.50 per day – just 50p more than a supermarket meal…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for June 2019: Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1,637 billion at the end of April 2019. This is up from £1,588 billion at the end of April 2018, an extra £946.00 per UK adult over the year. The average total debt per…
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