Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
The Central Bank of Ireland has released Ireland’s Credit and Debit Card Statistics for Q2 2017. Here is an overview of the main findings. Debit card Point of Sale (PoS) transactions, at €2.9 billion in June 2017, were 16 per cent higher than the same month in 2016. Credit card PoS spending was 5 per cent higher than…
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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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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC £100,000 after it failed to look after its customers’ data and risked it falling into the hands of scammers and fraudsters. An ICO investigation found TalkTalk breached the Data Protection Act because it allowed staff to have access to large quantities of customers’ data. Its…
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The number of mortgages in arrears of 2.5% or more of the outstanding balance declined to 88,200 in the second quarter of this year, the lowest level since at least 1994 when this run of data began. The total was 5% lower than in the first quarter (92,600) and amounted to 0.8% of the more…
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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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The UK Finance has released its latest car expenditure statistics for June 2017. Highlights from the statistics include: Total card spending reached £57.1 billion in June, up by 0.3% on May and 7% on June 2016. There were just under 1.4 billion card payments in June, a monthly record and a 12% rise in the…
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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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Non-Standard Finance has announced that it has agreed to acquire George Banco from its existing shareholders for an enterprise value of £53.5million, payable in cash. Completion is expected in September 2017 and the acquisition is expected to be earnings enhancing in the first full year following completion. Having launched in April 2014, George Banco has grown rapidly…
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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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Credit decision making specialist Zoot has announced that it has strengthened its partnership with Dollar. Dollar has used Zoot’s instant credit decision solution since 2014 to host their consumer lending application process for the company’s online lending businesses in the UK. This successful collaboration has now been expanded to utilise Zoot for Dollar UK’s retail portfolio under…
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Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Credit Union (BFWCU) has announced the addition of two new members to its board. Michael Vincent and Joseph Tantram will help oversee BFWCU operations and support borrowers and savers in the town, after being invited to join the board for their professional skills, local connections and specialist knowledge. Vincentl is a…
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the outcome of its review into high-cost credit, which includes its assessment of the effectiveness of the payday loan price cap. The review provides clear evidence that FCA regulation of high-cost short-term credit (often known as ‘payday lending’) has delivered substantial benefits to consumers. The review found that…
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