World Credit

Arrow Global expands European footprint

Arrow Global Group PLC (“Arrow Global” or the “Group”) has agreed terms to take ownership of an additional specialist servicing capability and enter into a five-year servicing agreement in the Netherlands. As part of the investment, it will also co-invest in a secured loan portfolio with a face value of circa €1.7 billion (circa 9,300…

European Central Bank lets banks set NPL targets

The European Central Bank (ECB) will allow European banks to set their own targets for cutting the €900 billion of bad loans left over from the financial crisis. New guidance will require banks to set their own targets for the levels on non-performing loans (NPL), with only “significant” deviations triggering regulatory action. Sharon Donnery, the Irish…

Romania’s BCR bank sells €370 million Non-Performing Loan

B2Holding ASA, via its fully owned subsidiary Ultimo Netherlands BV, has entered into an agreement to acquire a residential mortgage Non-Performing Loan (NPL) portfolio from Romanian Bank Banca Comerciala (BCR) in a 50/50 partnership with EOS Investment RO GmbH (“EOS”). The portfolio consists of some 6,800 loans secured by real estate collaterals. The portfolio has…

JC International Acquisition confirms FCA authorisation

JC International Acquisition Llc (Jefferson Capital International) has announced that it has achieved full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Peter Copperwheat, Head of UK , said  “meeting the threshold conditions is a fantastic achievement for our team at JCIA and affirms our commitment to doing the right thing. Our UK Debt Collection Agency Creditlink Account…

Cabot Credit Management appoints CEO for Gesif

Cabot Credit Management (CCM) has appointed Jose R Cadena as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for its Spanish operation Gesif S.A.U. effective from 12th September.

Distressed debt deals set to grow in Eastern Europe

A growing number of non-performing loan (NPL) portfolio transactions are being concluded in Southeast Europe, with Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Slovenia all expected to see more sales in the near future. In Slovenia,  the country’s largest bank Nova Ljubljanska Bank (NLB) is selling off €800million worth of NPLs in three tranches, as it cleans its…

Lowell GFKL Group acquires German collections company

Lowell GFKL Group has announced that it has acquired Tesch Inkasso, a German third party collections company. Lowell GFKL Group, backed by the Permira Funds and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has entered into an agreement to acquire Tesch Inkasso Group from Avedon Capital Partners and the other existing shareholders. Closing is subject to certain regulatory…

Santander deal for Williams & Glyn could still stall

A deal for Santander to buy Williams & Glyn’s 300 branches from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) might still stall if an agreement cannot be reached that ensure more than a million customers move over to Santander The European Union (EU) had ordered that RBS sells off Williams & Glyn by 2017 as a condition of its £45 billion bailout…

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposes cap on customer debt collection contact

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),an independent agency of the United States government,  has suggested capping the amount of times debt collectors can contact consumers. The proposal will affect more than 6,000 debt collection firms in the US.

Europe’s oldest bank weakest in Stress test results

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/29/rescue-package-in-place-as-europes-oldest-bank-fails-stress-tests

MasterCard to buy VocaLink

MasterCard Incorporated has announced that is going to acquire VocaLink Holdings Limited for about £700 million (approximately US$920 million).

US Regulator fines Santander $10million to settle vendor’s overdraft practices

http://www.cityam.com/245522/santander-bank-fined-10m-us-settle-vendors-overdraft

Lowell GFKL Group to acquire IS Inkasso Service (Austria)