TSB is facing several regulatory investigations and questions from MPs after suffering a serious computer failure which left customers with issues accessing their accounts
TSB is facing several regulatory investigations and questions from MPs after suffering a serious computer failure which left customers with issues accessing their accounts
Low levels of awareness about the support systems available to vulnerable utility customers is impeding their ability to access the help they need, according to a study
Barclays chief executive Jes Staley broke Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules in his efforts to identify the author of an anonymous letter in 2016, the city watchdog has concluded
Some 140,000 households in Great Britain – around 400,000 people – have been left without gas or electricity because they didn’t have enough money to top up their prepayment meter, according to Citizens Advice
During the Renaissance period, anyone who wanted to borrow money went to the local marketplace where money lenders set up benches or ‘banka,’ from which they conducted their business. But what is happening today?
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So here we are again, a year has rolled speedily by and by now you will know if you are one the 98 companies shortlisted for the 19th Credit Awards. Laurence Hamilton, UK third party collections managing director, at Lowell wishes all Credit Awards finalists the best of luck
The consolidated ‘super trade body’ UK Finance is now ready to represent a vast array of financial services firms. Amber-Ainsley Pritchard probed the body’s chief executive Stephen Jones on what his biggest concerns are going forward
As debt purchasers now operate as pan-European corporates, with some considering flotation in two to three years, Marcel Le Gouais asks investment advisers how they calculate a debt buyer’s valuation
The new Credit 500 for 2018/19 has been revealed at the Credit 500 Gala, where the Women in Credit Awards winners were also announced at a ceremony in London
In its annual report on the market, the Credit Management and Debt Collection (CMDC) Index, OC&C Strategy Consultants charts different paths to growth for debt purchasers. NIGEL STIRK, partner at the consultancy, reports
Experts at Credit Strategy’s inaugural Mortgage Conference last month explained that customers are borrowing later in life and for longer. Brokers and lenders believe products for an ageing population need updating
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 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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