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[INSIGHTS+] Canadian Market Report

Our summary findings from our recent visit to Canada, in terms of opportunities in the market. Further economic outlook data has also been added since the report release, pointing to continued stress in the housing market, and the impact of interest rate increases this is having on consumers, with a recession likely in Q3-Q4, including an increase in unemployment. In our view, this puts further pressure on a need for proactive engagement of customers as early as possible, in order… Read more

[INSIGHTS+] Buy-Now-Pay-Later: How is this different from consumer lending?

There has been a lot written about the Buy-Now-Pay-Later sector the last few years. It has been growing at 39% per year in the UK, and this form of deferred payment is spreading from its origins in Europe, to the rest of the world now too. What is Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL)? Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is a way for consumers to make purchases, and defer payments for them to a later period, either through installments or after… Read more

[INSIGHTS+] UK Energy Supply Market Challenges

With global energy cost increasing, in the UK we have been seeing an increasing my of suppliers go out of business. There has been a lot written about htis in the media recently, but as ever it always good to look at the actual numbers rather than the headlines. So after crawling through various websites, I was able to gather the data and I was surprised to see the extent of the issue, the total number of customers impacted and… Read more