Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
UK household spending has fallen for the first time since 2013. Kevin Jenkins, UK & Ireland Managing Director at Visa said “Consumer spending fell for the first time in nearly four years in May, following some marked slowdowns in growth since the beginning of the year. Our Index clearly shows that with rising prices and stalling…
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The Second charge mortgage market saw further growth in April. Commenting on the April 2017 new business figures Fiona Hoyle, Head of Consumer and Mortgage Finance at the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA), said This is a strong performance compared with the same month last year, but it’s important to remember that some of the…
Read moreSecured and unsecured loans lender provider, The Darwin Group (owner of the Evolution and Progressive Money and brands) has announced a new funding facility of in excess of £75m which supports the Groups objective of becoming a leading consumer finance brand in the UK. Evolution and its sister company Progressive Money, have built up a substantial…
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New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new business in the point of sale (POS) consumer new car finance market fell 19% by value and 28% by volume in April, compared with the same month in 2016. This mirrored a reduction in private new car sales in April which…
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New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business fell by 2% in April, compared with the same month last year. Credit card and personal loan new business together grew by 3% compared with April 2016, while retail store and online credit new business fell by 4%.…
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One out of every 10 Irish borrowers is in some form of arrears on their mortgage. A total of 76,400 mortgages on homes were in arrears in the first three months of this year, new Central Bank of Ireland figures show. Of the total in arrears, almost 34,000 mortgage accounts are more than two years…
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Peer-to-Peer lender RateSetter has cancelled a deal to lend directly to guarantor George Banco’s customers. Last month RateSetter and George Banco entered a lending agreement as Ratesetter also announced the acquisition of Vehicle Stocking and Vehicle Credit. The partnership with George Banco was designed to build relationships with lenders. RateSetter announced its decision to pull out of…
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Equifax has unveiled a new toolset of creditworthiness and affordability indicators. The indicators incorporate borrower current account turnover data to help lenders make informed, responsible lending decisions through enhanced understanding of a customer’s financial background and estimated income level. The combined insight on a borrower’s income, outstanding debt and credit usage will provide lenders with a…
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The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has published principles to improve customer access. The principles have been developed by the BBA’s third party access working party to improve customer access under the vulnerability taskforce principle 5 (easy for friends and family to support). The principles relate to legal instruments for third-party access, including guardianship and intervention…
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Mortgage and Loan Provider JustUs has announced the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer. Mike Moroney JustUs from Santander where he has spent the last nine years supervising financial advisers throughout the North West of England as part of the FCA Senior Manager regime. Moroney is well known to the JustUs team and the mortgage community at…
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BNP Paribas Personal Finance has acquired Swedish consumer finance company SevenDay Finans. Sevenday will become part of Ekspres Bank, a commercial brand of BNP Paribas Personal Finance in this region. Ekspres Bank is part of BNP Paribas’s Scandinavian division. Operating in Norway and Denmark since July 2014 under the brand Ekspres Bank which was acquired…
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Metro Bank has announced that it has completed the purchase of a portfolio of UK mortgages from Cerberus European Residential Holdings for £596.7 million. All lending in the Portfolio is secured on property, well diversified across the UK, and has a similar credit risk profile to Metro Bank’s current mortgage book. The Portfolio consists of…
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The importance of addressing the priority digital collections needs within your business “New and improved” technology is touted as the solution to the collection industry’s growing complexity. But just as endless “improvements” overhyped in grocery products lead to consumer distrust, technology-solution claims deserve a similar sceptical reaction. Consumers and collectors alike would benefit from taking…
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