Headlines – updates this week

Headline Update 25-04-2025 : -Few people mind when others invite themselves to group activities -Price discrimination is getting smarter—and low-income consumers are paying the price -FCA reduces firm burden for 16,000 firms -Monzo surpasses 12 million customers -FCA probes banks on bereavement and power of attorney policies -Consumer confidence remained flat in Q1 -Inflation falls to 2.6% – Credit Connect -Should You Record That Meeting? -When Outside Experts Diagnose Your Problem—and… Read more

Headline Update 11-04-2025 : -AI Report Highlights Smaller, Better, Cheaper Models -FCA outlines next steps on Consumer Duty rule review -Households on track to be £400 worse off this tax year due to higher taxes -Average household spends £216 on monthly debt repayments -Royal Mail asks Ofcom to let it offer tracking for every parcel sent in UK | Royal Mail -The State of AI 2025: 12 Eye-Opening Graphs -Autonomous AI Could Wreak… Read more

Headline Update 21-03-2025 : -> Curve and Infact agree real-time credit partnership -> Collections in 2025 – A Global View – Telrock -> Insurers APR rates rival credit cards -> FCA proposes £100 contactless limit increase -> Nearly 100 Santander UK branches to close – with 750 jobs at risk | Money News -> Rising micro loan stress: Lenders tap digital debt collection platforms | Finance News

Headline Update 14-03-2025 : -AI, Machine Learning, and RPA in Debt Collection and Credit Management | by Med Mahdi Maarouf | Mar, 2025 -AI heralds a new era for debt collection and credit management – IT News Africa -still a central focus for the FCA and firms must do more — Plain Numbers -Barclays set to pay out millions in customer compensation after IT outage -Consumer credit borrowing rises to £1.7bn -5.7m struggling to… Read more

Headline Update 07-03-2025 : -Paylink appoints new CEO – Credit Connect -Maths Anxiety. What is it and how does it impact consumers? — Plain Numbers -Skype announces it will close in May -1.6m people have experienced coerced debt -AI Agents Are Changing How People Shop. Here’s What That Means for Brands. -Water, cars and phones: The seven bills set to rise in April -One in Five UK Adults Are Financially Vulnerable but Many… Read more

Headline Update 28-02-2025 : -Half of adults expect to ration energy use -Open Banking API call volume predicted to hit 720bn globally by 2029 -HSBC backs Clearscore with £30m financing -Singapore’s biggest bank DBS to cut 4,000 roles as it embraces AI -Bank of Ireland UK posts British mortgage loan book up 19% to £13bn  – Mortgage Strategy -Apple withdraws encrypted iCloud storage from UK after government demands ‘back door’ access -NASA Makes… Read more