Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
The Central Bank of Ireland has publishised its third report on the financial condition of the credit union sector. Data focuses on trends in the period 31 March 2013 to 31 March 2018, including analysis by credit union asset size and common bond type. The primary focus of this publication is to provide analysis of data…
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New figures from analytic software specialist Fico with Euromonitor International and UK Finance, has indicated that the UK has made significant gains in the fight against payments card fraud in 2017. France and the UK achieved reductions of 6 and 8 percent, respectively, for the biggest reductions in net fraud losses. This is despite losses across the…
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A new judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) could have significant VAT implications for providers of payment collection services and those that use their services such as charities, healthcare providers and businesses that accept payments by instalments. In the case of DPAS Ltd – a dental plan administration services company…
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Arrow Global has announced that it is poised to acquire Norfin Investimentos S.A (“Norfin”), a manager of real estate investments in Portugal. The acquisition further strengthens Arrow Global’s asset management and investment capabilities, is highly complementary to Arrow’s existing Whitestar platform, and will allow the Group to offer a comprehensive set of servicing solutions to…
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Encore Capital Group has announced that it has completed its acquisition of the remaining interest in Cabot Credit Management (Cabot) meaning that Cabot is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Encore. The transaction is expected to be accretive to Encore earnings in 2018 and beyond, and Encore’s earnings per share growth are expected to accelerate to…
Read moreThe Central Bank of Ireland has published the Behaviour and Culture Report into the five main Irish retail banks – AIB Group, Bank of Ireland Group, permanent tsb, Ulster Bank Ireland and KBC Bank Ireland. The report, involving reviews conducted by the Central Bank in collaboration with the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank –…
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European debt purchasers Intrum has announced its latest quarterly results. Mikael Ericson, President and CEO for Intrum said “We are pleased with a strong second quarter and are delivering gradually improving results across all areas of the business: solid investment level whilst maintaining returns, pricing discipline, excellent collection performance, hitting the improved synergy targets, improving…
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The number of failures of UK companies has risen 30.0% to 4,827 in the second quarter of the year, compared to the same period a year ago, according to the latest figures from Creditsafe’s Watchdog Report. The quarterly Watchdog report, which analyses financial data across 12* UK business sectors, showed that high profile high street…
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The Government has published its Brexit white plans on the future relationship between the UK and the European Union Commenting on the document Duncan Swift, Vice-President of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, said “It’s encouraging to see the Government take post-Brexit cross-border insolvency issues seriously, and we welcome both the commitment to seek a…
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The head of Ireland’s debt management agency has issued a stark warning about the country’s indebtedness, saying the bank stakes should be sold down sooner rather than later. National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA). Chief Executive Conor O’Kelly said that we are reaching the peak of the investment cycle and the risk of a material fall…
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Hoist Finance has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a French non-performing retail mortgage portfolio with approximately 1.000 claims and an outstanding balance of approximately 1.000 MSEK. The seller is one of the largest mortgage banks in France and the portfolio acquisition represents an investment in excess of €50 million. Fabien Klecha,…
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Callcredit has launched a new and unique multi-bureau data solution in Ireland. Recently acquired by TransUnion, which has offices in Cork, Callcredit is already partnering with leading Irish businesses to help them make more informed assessments of consumers’ affordability and risk when it comes to providing credit. Combining data from multiple sources, including the Irish…
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Greece’s largest lender Piraeus Bank said on Monday it agreed to sell a pool of unsecured non-performing loans (NPLs) to APS investments, confirming what banking sources told Reuters last month. The portfolio labelled Arctos, includes credit card and consumer loans and is part of effort to shrink the bank’s bad debt load. The sale of the…
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