Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Just the digital marketplace and AccountScore have agreed an exclusive partnership to leverage Open Banking in the enforcement sector. Open Banking data and services will be used by Just, to validate affordability for repayment arrangements; allowing them to build affordable, sustainable repayment solutions based on accurate assessment of customer circumstances. AccountScore uses intelligent algorithms to…
Read moreA new business coalition that aims to provide emergency COVID-19 support for the digitally and financially excluded has launched. Good Things Foundation, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The APLE Collective, Clean Slate Training & Employment CIC and Mastercard have formed a coalition of partners to offer immediate support to digitally and financially excluded people in the UK,…
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UK Finance has said that banks would pay for access to a central open banking resource under proposed next steps to introduce the concept in the UK. Under proposals from the trade body, open banking functions to let people share their spending habits, regular payments and payees with other banks would move into a separate…
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Loans Warehouse has announced that it has selected award-winning fintech Credit Kudos as its Open Banking provider, to enable lenders to safely and responsibly increase lending activity. Credit Kudos has developed a secure onward consent mechanism that allows Loans Warehouse to safely share credit risk and affordability insights with lenders to help better inform their…
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A new affordability checking service which uses Open Banking data to enable lenders to make more accurate real-time credit decisions on consumers has been launched. RealCheck, uses bank data to help consumers understand what they can truly afford to borrow, and then access accurate loan rates appropriate to the customers’ circumstances at that time. In…
Read moreTransUnion has launched the latest evolution of its end-to-end, API-driven Open Banking solution, designed to assess income and expenditure, affordability and creditworthiness. New developments are wide-ranging, with improved analytics capabilities and a streamlined screen journey which includes anti-money laundering (AML) checks. These checks must be conducted as part of the Open Banking process, and are…
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Analytics and decision management provider FICO has announced that it has partnered with OpenWrks – provider of Open Banking based digital engagement applications. Under the partnership, FICO plans to combine OpenWrks financial budgeting and conversational AI technology with FICO’s market-leading integrated collections and omni-channel platform to assist creditors in making the most appropriate customer decisions…
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Credit Kudos has been announced as one of the key Fintechs working together with PwC to build the digital banking ecosystem sandbox platform – a PwC project to demonstrate the ease of shifting a legacy bank model to a partnership banking model. PwC has brought together a number of cloud-based platforms using SaaS APIs ,…
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Lending platform. Freedom Finance has announced the launch of ‘Fusion Score’ the first open banking enabled score that creates a single metric that interprets a customer’s eligibility based on both credit and transactional data, a first for the lending industry. The Fusion Score can unlock better rates or a smoother journey for those with established…
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Online gambling operator, BetVictor has announced a partnership with global information and insights company TransUnion. The company says that whilst the gaming sector is experiencing a significant impact in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, with major events and sports fixtures cancelled in light of social distancing, it is as important as ever to ensure consumers…
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Money-saving app Snoop has launched ahead of schedule in an effort to help consumers hit by the impact of COVID-19 cut costs. The app, founded and led by former Virgin Money boss Jayne-Anne Gadhia, uses open banking technology to connect to a customer’s bank account and credit cards and analyse the data to identify areas…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its business priorities for the year ahead – with specific focus on the challenges presented by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In responding to the challenge of coronavirus the FCA will focus on ensuring that financial services businesses give people the support they need, that people avoid scams,…
Read moreStepChange Debt Charity has announced that it is entering into an exciting new partnership with fintech innovator OpenWrks to bring the opportunities offered by Open Banking into its services. StepChange’s new Money Coaching tool, which will be made available to clients accessing support with their persistent credit card debt, will utilise OpenWrks’ sector-leading Open Banking…
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