Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Among growing concerns about high consumer debt levels in the UK, a new study finds that almost a third of credit card and personal loan debt – up to £35bn – is sitting with people who are deemed to have low financial maturity. Aire, which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to help lenders provide applicants…
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The FCA has rejected calls to cap interest rates charged on credit cards saying that planned measures to help people avoid excessive debt should be given time to work. Speaking at Reuters Financial Regulation Summit Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority said “We are not there at the moment,” said in response…
Read moreMarshall Motor has sold its leasing division to Bank of Ireland UK, who will incorporate it into its car and asset finance arm, Northridge Finance. The acquisition of Marshall Leasing is conditional upon Northridge Finance receiving regulatory approval. Established in 1979 and based in Cambridgeshire, Marshall Leasing provides a range of contract hire fleet services…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for September 2017: Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1.548 trillion at the end of July 2017. This is up from £1.489 trillion at the end of July 2016 – an extra £1033.06 per UK adult. Per adult in the UK…
Read moreThe Money Advice Service has announced its 2017 over-indebtedness figures for the UK. This year’s report by the Money Advice Service and CACI reveals that 8.3 million (15.9%) people in the UK are living with a debt problem – the figures show a moderate increase from figures released in 2016 (15.4%). The statistics from the…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that point of sale (POS) consumer new car finance business volumes fell by 7% in July, compared with the same month in 2016, while the value of new business was up by 3% over the same period. The percentage of private new car sales…
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New figures released tby the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth of 13% in consumer finance new business in July, compared with the same month last year. Credit card and personal loan new business together grew by 16% compared with July 2016, while retail store and online credit new business increased by 11%. Second…
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Less than 2% of the UK car finance market by value would be considered subprime lending, research has revealed. According to a study produced by Apex Insight, sub prime finance only occupies a thin slice of the market, squeezed between bank-owned car lenders and manufacturer’s financial services divisions, which hold 51% and 47% of share respectively.…
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Fraud prevention service, Cifas has released new figures showing that identity fraud has continued to rise at record levels in the first six months of 2017. A record 89,000 identity frauds were recorded, up 5% from last year. Representing over half of all fraud recorded by the UK’s not-for-profit fraud data sharing organisation, 83% of…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth of 7% in consumer finance new business in June, compared with the same month last year, and growth of 4% in the second quarter of 2017 overall. Credit card and personal loan new business together grew by 10% compared with June 2016, while…
Read moreNew figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that point of sale (POS) consumer new car finance business volumes fell by 8% in June, compared with the same month in 2016, while the value of new business was flat over the same period. In the second quarter of 2017 overall, new business…
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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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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…
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