Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
A Director of Manchester pizza takeaway has been jailed for two years after he fraudulently claimed £20,000 Bounce Back Loan funds. Abdulrazag Zagroba appeared at Manchester Crown Court and was sentenced to 24 months before Recorder Hudson. The case was the first successful criminal prosecution of a bounce bank loan fraudster for the Insolvency Service,…
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Nearly eight in ten consumers (79%) say that the rising cost of living has impacted their holiday planning, according to new research conducted by comparethemarket.com. Almost a third (28%) are booking fewer holidays, more than a quarter (27%) are booking cheaper accommodation, and a quarter (26%) are booking cheaper destinations to cope with rising prices. 70%…
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Skipton Building Society has announced that it has appointed Stuart Haire as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Haire previously was the Group General Manager and Chief Executive of HSBC’s UK personal and private banking businesses. Haire has worked at HSBC for six years, having spent nearly a decade prior to that in senior roles at…
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Complete Communication Solutions (CCS) has announced that it has rebranded as Saascoms. The customer communications solutions provider says that the rebrand reflects the evolution of not only the business but also the consumer communication landscape. The company says that Saascoms was originally formed when it recognised an opportunity for focused consumer communications, utilising and redeveloping…
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The impact of surging property prices throughout the pandemic has reduced housing affordability to the lowest level on record, according to new research by Halifax. The analysis – based on data from the Halifax House Price Index – compared typical house prices to average earnings across the UK. In the first quarter of 2022, the…
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A new report has found that card spending trends for April have indicated early signs of the impact of the widely reported cost-of-living pressures. Fico’s monthly report based on the largest consortium of UK cards data shows a typical rise in card spend and balances, but also a slight increase in missed payments. Average monthly…
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Barclays has confirmed that it will acquire specialist lender Kensington Mortgage Company in a £2.3 billion deal. Kensington, which has 600 staff and specialises in offering mortgages to the self-employed and borrowers with more complex incomes, is being sold by private equity owners Blackstone and Sixth Street. The company originated around £1.9bn of mortgages in…
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The Enforcement Conduct Board, the new oversight body for the enforcement sector, has announced the appointment of four new non-executive board members. The four new board members are Alan Cavill is Director of Communications and Regeneration at Blackpool Council, supporting a town that has 8 of the ten most deprived neighbourhoods in England and is…
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Chris Leslie, Chief Executive of the Credit Services Association (CSA), the UK trade body for debt collection and debt purchase, has been elected to the board of the Federation of European National Collections Association (FENCA) today at the Associations Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Berlin. FENCA represents the interests of the European credit management, debt…
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New research suggests that the biggest financial issue for small business clients is a cash flow squeeze (52%). The report by iwoca also suggests that firms are missing a key opportunity to adopt Open Banking which it says will help meet the needs of small businesses facing a cash flow squeeze. The report is based…
Read moreSIA Group announced the appointment of asset-based lending industry veteran Paul Beveridge as a Non-Executive Director. Beveridge brings more than three decades of experience to the role, latterly as Managing Director of PNC Business Credit. Under Beveridge’s leadership, PNC Business Credit has grown from a new start-up in 2006 to one of the UK’s leading…
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Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Bill Moffat as Sales Manager within its Asset Finance division. Moffat brings over 20 years of experience in the asset finance sector industry, having previously worked as director of corporate sales at Advance Finance & Leasing Ltd for 13 years. Prior to that, he spent four…
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Regulation of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) credit retail products could prevent up to 876,000 consumers from getting into unmanageable debt this year, according to new research from Barclays and StepChange. The study shows that the rising cost of living is having a direct impact on the popularity of BNPL purchases – over a third…
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