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FCA survey reveals urban-rural savings divide

FCA survey reveals urban-rural savings divide

Customers in rural areas of the UK are far less likely to use mobile banking than their urban counterparts, according to research conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
FCA survey reveals urban-rural savings divide
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FCA survey reveals urban-rural savings divide

20 Jun 2018 Calum Fuller
FCA survey reveals urban-rural savings divide
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Customers in rural areas of the UK are far less likely to use mobile banking than their urban counterparts, according to research conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Debit cards overtake cash as UK’s most popular payment method
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Debit cards overtake cash as UK’s most popular payment method

The convenience of contactless payments, online shopping and smartphones has led to debit cards overtaking cash for the first ...
CYBG in £1.7bn Virgin Money takeover
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CYBG in £1.7bn Virgin Money takeover

CYBG has confirmed it has agreed a £1.7bn deal to take over Virgin Money, in a move that will create the UK’s sixth-largest bank
Automatic compensation for switching errors
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Automatic compensation for switching errors

Consumers could soon be automatically compensated if they experience issues in switching energy suppliers under plans announced by Ofgem
Take part in major Credit Strategy research
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Take part in major Credit Strategy research

Credit Strategy has today launched a major piece of research, supported by Callcredit, looking at automation technology across utilities and telecoms, banking and alternative lending, retail finance and car finance

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Three directors of debt management company disqualified

Three directors of debt management company disqualified

News14 Jun 2018 Calum Fuller
Three directors of a debt management company have been banned from running companies for a combined 29 years
Yahoo! fined £250,000 after systemic failures put customer data at risk

Yahoo! fined £250,000 after systemic failures put customer data at risk

News13 Jun 2018 Calum Fuller
Yahoo! UK Services Limited has been fined £250,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following a cyber-attack in November 2014
Dixons Carphone admits significant data breach

Dixons Carphone admits significant data breach

News13 Jun 2018 Calum Fuller
Retailer Dixons Carphone has admitted a serious data breach stretching back nearly a year involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records
Deloitte partners appointed as administrators to Poundworld

Deloitte partners appointed as administrators to Poundworld

News12 Jun 2018 Calum Fuller
High street discount store Poundworld has called in administrators, placing more than 5,000 jobs at risk
Consumer finance up a fifth year-on-year

Consumer finance up a fifth year-on-year

News11 Jun 2018 Calum Fuller
New business in consumer finance in April grew by 22 percent, compared with the same month last year, figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show

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High-cost credit can become low-cost credit

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Lower-cost alternatives are needed to alleviate the damage caused to clients by high-cost credit, says StepChange Debt Charity chief executive Phil Andrew
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Opening the vaults: As Open Banking begins, are consumers, banks and third parties taking advantage?

Opening the vaults: As Open Banking begins, are consumers, banks and third parties taking advantage?

Edition’s highlights:

→ Opening the Vaults: The premise of Open Banking is a potentially appealing one, but does the current offering to consumers match the fervour? Will they consent to share their data in large enough numbers to affect competition?

→ Interest only: Problems brewing for mortgage lenders?

→ Joining forces: Debt management firms eye up M&A activity
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Opinion

High-cost credit can become low-cost credit

High-cost credit can become low-cost credit

31 May 2018Phil Andrew Phil Andrew
Lower-cost alternatives are needed to alleviate the damage caused to clients by high-cost credit, says StepChange Debt Charity chief executive Phil Andrew
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FCA aims on affordable lending nigh on impossible

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Here we go again: Credit Awards 2018

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Anne Boden on Starling Bank's growth plans and gender diversity

Anne Boden on Starling Bank's growth plans and gender diversity

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Innovation in technology is fast moving, and so is the world around us. Amber-Ainsley Pritchard sat down with Anne Boden, founder and chief executive of Starling Bank, to discuss the next generation of retail banking and the worldwide movement to tackle gender diversity
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Alternative Finance conference: a part of Lending Summit

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Commercial Finance conference: a part of Lending Summit

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Features

What role for humans in the future of collections?

What role for humans in the future of collections?

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As artificial intelligence (AI) matures and becomes more commonplace, panellists at Digital Banking Club for Collections Live Debate considered how roles in collections will change
How much is a modern debt purchaser worth?

How much is a modern debt purchaser worth?

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How far will AI replace humans in the credit profession?

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Automating credit agreements

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Bank NPL analysis

Banks continue purge of bad debt from balance sheets

The round of half-year results in recent weeks for the retail banks show that lenders are reducing bad debts by up to 76 percent in some cases

RBS forbearance hits £5bn

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said it has £5.2bn of "stock" in personal banking that’s in forbearance, a figure that includes schemes from the past two years.

Lloyds results reveal £2bn of debt in forbearance

Lloyds Banking Group is holding on to a pipeline of £2bn of retail loans and advances which are in forbearance schemes, according to its annual results for 2016
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