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Smart meter rollout extended

Smart meter rollout extended

The government has pushed back the deadline for rollout of smart energy meters to 2024

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CMA orders RBS and Santander to fix PPI breaches
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CMA orders RBS and Santander to fix PPI breaches

23 Aug 2019 Calum Fuller
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken action against the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Santander after they failed to send, or sent inaccurate, annual payment protection insurance (PPI) reminders
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Smart meter rollout extended
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Smart meter rollout extended

The government has pushed back the deadline for rollout of smart energy meters to 2024
Make sure you’re at the first Collections & Vulnerability Summit
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Make sure you’re at the first Collections & Vulnerability Summit

Credit Strategy is proud to invite you to the very first Collections & Vulnerability Summit, bringing together the UK’s most established Utilities & Telecoms and Collections, Debt Sale and Purchase Conferences
Pawnbroker Ablemarle & Bond Herbert Brown ceases trading
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Pawnbroker Ablemarle & Bond Herbert Brown ceases trading

Nearly 400 jobs are at risk after pawnbroker group Ablemarle & Bond Herbert Brown announced is has ceased trading
Ovo set to become UK’s second-largest energy supplier after £500m SSE deal
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Ovo set to become UK’s second-largest energy supplier after £500m SSE deal

Ovo Energy has agreed a £500m deal to acquire SSE’s retail business, making it the UK’s second-largest energy provider with approximately five million customers

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Phillips & Cohen expands into German market

Phillips & Cohen expands into German market

News12 Sep 2019
Deceased account collections specialist Phillips & Cohen has expanded its operations into the German market
Local council bailiff use up seven percent over two years

Local council bailiff use up seven percent over two years

News11 Sep 2019
The use of bailiffs by local authorities in England and Wales has risen seven percent over the last two years, according to research by the Money Advice Trust
Lloyds and Barclays latest banks facing surge in PPI claims

Lloyds and Barclays latest banks facing surge in PPI claims

News10 Sep 2019
Both Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays have used their half-year results to warn investors that they face potentially billions of pounds in charges after a final surge in claims relating to payment protection insurance (PPI)
KPMG: No-deal Brexit could trigger recession in 2020

KPMG: No-deal Brexit could trigger recession in 2020

News09 Sep 2019
Accountancy giant KPMG has warned that a no-deal Brexit could precipitate the UK’s first recession in a decade
Morses Club financials stable as it pursues diversification strategy

Morses Club financials stable as it pursues diversification strategy

News05 Sep 2019
The UK’s second-largest home-collected credit lender, Morses Club, saw cash collections rise five percent in the 27-week period to August 31, 2019, its latest trading update reveals
RBS faces up to £900m charge after last-minute PPI claims

RBS faces up to £900m charge after last-minute PPI claims

News04 Sep 2019
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) profits could take a “significant” hit this year after an influx of last-minute payment protection insurance (PPI) claims came in before the deadline at the end of August

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Martin Beck

Economic trends: How long can the Bank of England resist cutting rates?

10 Sep 2019 Martin Beck
The Bank of England has so far resisted cutting interest rates, but, Martin Beck asks, for how much longer?
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Raising standards: What the government can learn about vulnerable customers from the private sector

Raising standards: What the government can learn about vulnerable customers from the private sector

Edition’s highlights:

→ Breathing space: Industry reaction to the vulnerability regime
→ Gearing up: Key lessons from the Car Finance Conference
→ Keeping score: Does credit scoring need an overhaul?
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The CS Interview

United Utilities’ Michelle Atkinson on overhauling collections

United Utilities’ Michelle Atkinson on overhauling collections

26 Apr 2019 Calum FullerCalum Fuller
As vulnerability rises higher up the agenda for utilities providers, United Utilities head of income – domestic retail Michelle Atkinson explains how shifting focus improved yields
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Opinion

Martin Beck

Economic trends: How long can the Bank of England resist cutting rates?

10 Sep 2019 Martin Beck
The Bank of England has so far resisted cutting interest rates, but, Martin Beck asks, for how much longer?
Martin Beck

FOS funding review needs further consideration

23 Aug 2019 Jason Wassell
Consumer Finance Association chief executive Jason Wassell weighs up the potential impact of a restructured Financial Ombudsman Service
Martin Beck

"Preventing vulnerability through design is as important as identifying and responding to it"

19 Aug 2019 Chris Fitch
The FCA’s vulnerability guidance could lead to real change, but it must be careful with its language, says the Money Advice Trust’s vulnerability lead Chris Fitch
Car Finance Regulation & Development Forum
15 Oct

Car Finance Regulation & Development Forum

Midland Hotel Manchester
Collections & Vulnerability Summit
16 Oct

Collections & Vulnerability Summit

The Midland Hotel Manchester
Collections, Debt Sale & Purchase Conference
16 Oct

Collections, Debt Sale & Purchase Conference

The Midland Hotel, Manchester
Utilities & Telecoms Conference
16 Oct

Utilities & Telecoms Conference

The Midland Hotel, Manchester

Features

Could ‘financial first aid’ in the workplace treat problem debt?

Could ‘financial first aid’ in the workplace treat problem debt?

03 Sep 2019 Amber-Ainsley PritchardAmber-Ainsley Pritchard
Credit Strategy’s sister title Reward Strategy explores how employers could provide financial education and support to employees experiencing financial difficulties
Raising standards in managing vulnerable customers

Raising standards in managing vulnerable customers

 Calum Fuller
Profession responds to body-worn camera plans for bailiffs

Profession responds to body-worn camera plans for bailiffs

 Calum Fuller
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Credit 500 - an index of influence

Credit 500
Alex Ellerton

Alex Ellerton

Partner
Grant Thornton
Andrew Brameld

Andrew Brameld

Managing Director
BNP Paribas Personal Finance
Cyrille Sallé de Chou

Cyrille Sallé de Chou

Chief Risk Officer
HSBC
David Poole

David Poole

Chief Risk Officer
Brighthouse
Doriana Iovino

Doriana Iovino

Director of Credit Risk and Analytics
Metro Bank plc
Hall of fame 2019/2020

Webinar recordings

Making the most of technology in collections from the C-suite to the collections floor

The use of today’s collections technology relieves pressure throughout organisations – benefiting all levels, from senior management to customer-facing staff and consumers in debt. Collections technology has the ability to transform results.

Maximising potential from inside the big data universe

Data and innovation offers huge potential to revolutionise all markets. There is an opportunity to be one step ahead of the need, to redesign journeys and enhance enterprise strategies. To do this you need access to the most advanced analytics but also the best quality, including variations and types of data, and then the technology that can act on this insight. Data science can present a unique opportunity for uncovered growth and accelerate your business.

People-led Debt Collections Webinar

Many UK households are experiencing financial stress. In addition, interchangeable interest rates and a slowing economy will continue to pressurise. These factors are causing, or will cause, strain on people and in some instances may lead to people becoming overexposed and therefore unable to maintain repayments, resulting in them being brought into the collections environment. Against the backdrop of these challenges, a people-led collections approach is the right direction to take.

Making Affordability Personal Webinar

With new data comes new opportunities. Today risk, in an open data world, can be more accurate, faster and applied on a customer level. With the right architecture, you can receive signals from the data which can help you better respond and design individual journeys.
AI and automation in utilities and telecoms 

AI and automation in utilities and telecoms 

A live webinar exploring findings from a major survey of utility and telecoms providers, that unearthed their views on: The use of automation and AI in credit referencing, affordability checks, fraud prevention and more, approach to data capture and deployment and areas of regulatory focus.
AI, retail finance and regulation: Solving the puzzle

AI, retail finance and regulation: Solving the puzzle

A webinar exploring findings from a major survey of car finance providers, that reveals their views on: technology’s role in providing a frictionless customer journey, the role data plays in making lending decisions, areas of regulatory focus

Insight tools

Editor's annotations: Five things we learned about the FCA at the Car Finance Conference

Compliance with regulations has occupied car finance providers’ workload over the last year. Industry expert Jo Davis told the Car Finance Conference, sponsored by Experian, what to expect

Eight things we learned about vulnerability at the Credit Summit

Debt charity Christians Against Poverty undertook an in-depth review of vulnerability and its many forms in its Stacked Against report. At the Credit Summit, director of external affairs Dawn Stobart and social policy manager Rachel Gregory outlined their findings. Here are some highlights

Rise of the machines

A major joint report into AI and automation across financial services, utilities and telecoms
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Careers

Appointments

HSBC chief executive Flint steps down despite 16 percent rise in profits

HSBC chief executive Flint steps down despite 16 percent rise in profits

05 Aug 2019
Centrica chief executive Conn to step down

Centrica chief executive Conn to step down

30 Jul 2019
Indesser appoints Equifax’s Parry as CEO

Indesser appoints Equifax’s Parry as CEO

01 Jul 2019

Magazine digital editions

Raising standards: What the government can learn about vulnerable customers from the private sector
Existential threat: How much of a threat are complaints management companies to alternative lenders?
Safe passage: How chief risk officers are navigating economic threats
Digital Fortress: Captains of Industry survey reveals FTSE executives’ fears around data protection
Fast lane: Why IFRS 9 is already accelerating debt sale activity
20/20 vision: How Credit Strategy is marking 20 years of representing credit
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