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INSIGHTS+ ¦ How to Leverage Open Banking Data: Utilising open banking for improved decision-making and customer engagement.

Introduction In today's financial landscape, leveraging open banking data within a creditor's collections function is becoming increasingly pivotal. Open banking, which enables third-party access to banking data through application programming interfaces (APIs), offers a wealth of information that can enhance decision-making and customer engagement. By integrating open banking data, creditors can refine their collections strategies, improve customer interactions, and ultimately, optimise their financial outcomes. This article explores the key elements necessary for effectively utilising open banking data in a collections… Read more

INSIGHTS+ ¦ How to Ensure Compliance with Consumer Duty and Regulatory Requirements: Steps to stay compliant with the latest regulations.

Ensuring compliance with Consumer Duty and regulatory requirements within a collections function is pivotal for creditors. The evolving regulatory landscape necessitates robust measures to stay compliant, protect consumer rights, and mitigate legal risks. This article delineates pulls from our ROStrategy interview knowledge base to highlight the top ten key elements needed for successful implementation, examines their importance, outlines key considerations, and explores the benefits for businesses. Why Compliance with Consumer Duty and Regulatory Requirements Compliance with Consumer Duty and regulatory… Read more

INSIGHTS+ ¦ Assess Affordability and Identify Vulnerable Customers: Techniques and tools for effective assessment.

The assessment of affordability and the identification of vulnerable customers are crucial components within a collections function for any creditor. Implementing effective techniques and tools to manage these processes is essential for ensuring fair treatment of customers, compliance with regulatory requirements, and maintaining the financial health of the organisation. This article outlines the key elements needed for successful implementation, highlights the importance of this practice, and details the expected benefits. Why Assessing Affordability and Identifying Vulnerable Customers is Important Assessing… Read more

INSIGHTS+ ¦ Implementing a Digital Collections Strategy

Implementing a digital collections strategy is essential these days for modernising debt recovery processes. The strategy is aimed at enhancing efficiency, improving customer experience, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. By leveraging digital tools and data analytics, creditors can better manage collections, reduce delinquencies, and optimise financial outcomes. Why a Digital Collections Strategy? A digital collections strategy is critical for several reasons. Firstly, it enhances operational efficiency by automating routine tasks and providing real-time data analysis. Secondly, it improves customer… Read more

[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