Nick Green Director at Purple Patch Broking Ltd
In recent years, financial institutions have increased their adoption of data and new technologies to manage credit portfolios. In fact, McKinsey’s recent survey of financial institutions says there is significant progress in using new data and techniques for credit portfolio management. But it also shines a spotlight on the challenges that remai...
23 March 2023 /regulation /retail Financial Risk Management
Keeping up with regulations is one of the toughest challenges facing the financial service sector. That’s why the FCA is prioritising data and innovation as a key feature of its Business Plan 2022/23, accompanied by its three-year strategy 2022-2025. Emerging themes include data quality, CRA transparency, Big Tech, and data for BNPL firms. If you...
21 March 2023 /regulation /retail Financial Services Regulation
Using the right credit bureau has never been more important. Aside from the usual need for the best priced credit data – to keep profit margins lean and ensure credit providers can compete – the best quality data has always been important. However, this has been somewhat overlooked because an assumed trust has always been in place. But right now, ...
21 February 2023 /regulation /retail Fintech
For Banking and Finance, adopting a multi-bureau credit data strategy is often dismissed as “too hard to switch”, “too expensive” or “not important enough”, but this is set to change. The FCA recently set out its interim findings from the credit information market study. The study found one of the key aspects of the market not working well is “sign...
24 January 2023 /regulation /retail Financial Services Regulation
Today, consumers can easily apply for credit online through innovative credit solutions like buy now pay later (BNPL). But consumers need to know what they are signing up for and how much they eventually have to repay. This is what’s sparked regulatory reviews. To bring more clarity to consumer credit, the Council and European Parliament have re...
16 December 2022 /regulation /retail Fintech
The FCA wants to see a higher quality of credit information and is taking steps to improve the sector. In light of this, the FCA recently published the long-awaited interim findings from its credit information market study. But is the report addressing the key challenges originally identified? What’s fallen through the cracks so far? And is the fu...
13 December 2022 /regulation /retail Fintech
According to the Bank of England, consumer credit is at its highest rate since March 2019. With the cost of living crisis and now the run-up to Christmas, we're expecting to see more consumers look to credit. But in particular, alternative finance and fintech BNPL providers. In this blog, we’ll look at how we expect consumers to weigh-up credit op...
22 November 2022 /regulation /retail BNPL
During economic uncertainty, fintechs and all other credit providers face a very different landscape. The real risk of global and national recessions means that net interest margins are wafer-thin. Business as usual (BAU) costs are unusually high. Ultimately thriving in an uncertain environment with shrinking margins, increasing competition, and d...
20 October 2022 /regulation /retail Fintech
While the consumer price index measure of inflation hit 9.9% in the year to August 2022, marking a small fall, following a 40-year-high of 10.1% in July – it is still well above the Bank of England’s 2% target. The squeeze on business operating costs is also reflected in the latest retail prices index (RPI), as it hit 12.3%. Fintechs are absorbing...
18 October 2022 /payments /retail Financial Supply Chain
As we enter a downturn, credit providers are confronted by a landscape that looks and feels very different from before. The real risk of global and national recessions means that net interest margins are wafer-thin. At the same time business as usual (BAU) costs are unusually high for banks and fintechs. From IT investments to the cost of utilitie
20 September 2022 /regulation /retail Fintech
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