APPOINTMENTS & UPDATES CCR-PS
The Credit Services Association (CSA) has appointed Fiona Macaskill as its new head of learning and development. She has more than 30 years’ experience in senior operational and business
development management positions delivering coaching and training. Peter Wallwork, chief executive of the CSA, said: “As an association, we are
committed to developing and providing a full range of courses that not only help to ‘grow’ the individual, but also support the industry as a whole. Fiona’s experience will serve us well and we are pleased to welcome her to the management team.”
as a provider of credit and anti-money laundering checks for AvantCredit in the UK. Craig Tebbutt, head of alternative
lending at Equifax, said: “Equifax insights have helped to increase the predictive ability of AvantCredit’s risk models, better enabling the company to positively identify more applicants.”
London is the country’s identity theft capital, with significantly higher rates than anywhere else in the UK. Outer London topped the regional list, with 34 cases of identity fraud for every 10,000 adults. Central London fol- lowed closely behind with 33 cases of identity fraud for every 10,000 adults. Nick Mothershaw, UK and Ireland
director of identity and fraud at Experian, said: “The affluent suburbs are attractive targets for high-level frauds, whilst high density blocks of flats with communal mail boxes can offer identity thieves an easy way in to gain people’s information.”
As the seventh annual UK Trade and Investment Export Week took place, Atradius reaffirmed its support to help UK businesses to succeed in the global economy. Marc Jones, head of sales for Atradius
UK, said: “Export is a key driver for growth, which is recognised by the government’s recently doubled export target of £1tr by 2020.”
Figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association show a 10% growth in point-of-sale consumer new car finance volumes in March, compared with the same month a year earlier, and a 6% growth in the first quarter of 2015 overall. Geraldine Kilkelly, head of research
and chief economist, said: “Both consumer new and used car finance
June 2015
markets reported a strong end to the first quarter of 2015 and record levels of new business volumes in the 12-month period to March.”
Phillips & Cohen Associates (PCA) has appointed Matthew Winnington as a new member of its executive leadership team. He will serve as vice president of internal audit risk and controls and will report directly to the board. Howard A. Enders, president and
chief compliance officer, said: “Matt’s experience managing international risk and control teams for large financial institutions provide PCA with the ideal leader of our global, independent audit department.”
Following its acquisition in March 2014, Pancredit has announced a corporate rebrand designed to mirror the identity of its parent company Equiniti. To accompany its rebrand to ‘Equiniti Pancredit’, the firm also announced the launch of a new outsourced loan book management service. “Our partnership with Equiniti
allows us to create new opportunities for our customers to reduce their operating overheads and increase efficiency,” said Graham Donald, managing director at Equiniti Pancredit.
Ultracomms has announced the launch of AMD+, a patent-pending cloud- based product for answering machine detection (AMD). Ultracomms’ AMD+ is designed to increase contact-centre agent productivity, with an average of 9% improvement identified in the company’s own research.
An interactive guide to help credit insurance brokers work with their clients to access government-backed export insurance has been published
www.CCR-PublicSector.com
Fiona Macaskill, head of learning and development, the CSA
by UK Export Finance (UKEF). How to access export credit
insurance: a guide to UK Export Finance’s export insurance policy is UKEF’s first online toolkit for brokers and sets out how they can help firms insure their export contracts against non-payment.
Creditsafe has announced that it has included two new services for subscribers to its online platform: Debt Chaser and Debt Collection. Operations director Rachel Mainwaring said: “Chasing businesses and sorting out disputes can be a time-consuming distraction from day-to-day operations, which is why we have introduced these services to help streamline the overall process.”
Bennett Williams Solicitors has won an award for voluntary work they have undertaken in the local community. They were named as winners of the Work in the Community Award at the Liverpool Law Society Legal Awards 2015.
Lowell Group has announced its results for the second quarter of 2015. Colin Storrar, chief financial officer, said: “We have achieved another quarter of strong financials. Compared to the second quarter of 2014, our 2015 collections were up 14% to £55.9m and EBITDA was up 10% to £34.8m. “At the same time our balance sheet
continues to grow – our 84 month estimated remaining collections now stands at £742.4m, an increase of 19% or £117m from March 2014.”
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