Credit

FCA to require lenders to share data with credit reference agencies in shake-up

The reforms follow a report into the credit information market which was published in November 2022

City watchdog overhauls credit information market

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Credit markets will provide opportunities for patient investors, according to this hedge fund

How one of London’s newest hedge funds might win big on rising rates

'Central banks are not in the driver’s seat anymore'

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Pay-later credit providers such as Klarna, Clearpay and Afterpay have so far operated without oversight from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority when offering short-term interest free credit

Treasury pushes for risk disclosure, tighter credit checks in buy now, pay later market

Firms like Klarna, Clearpay and Afterpay should take more responsibility for overseeing consumer risk

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Advertisements for buy now pay later providers such as DivideBuy and Klarna have come under scrutiny from UK watchdogs over misleading consumers of the risks

Advertising watchdog orders buy-now-pay-later firm to remove ads ahead of Treasury crackdown

Advert for Davidson Kempner-backed DivideBuy labelled ‘socially irresponsible’ by UK regulator

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British banks should brace for wave of credit-card defaults, Goldman says

Furlough payments to workers and mortgage holidays both end this month

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