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Prioritising For 2021: A Year Of Innovative Solutions
12 January 2021We discussed this with EQ experts and our industry partners, and three key themes emerged: data ethics, true credit risk and monetising 2020 merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in payments.
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Using Technology To Support Borrowers In Difficult Times
17 December 2020At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) moved swiftly to put in place measures to support users of certain consumer credit products, with the expectation that lenders would move equally as fast in order to protect consumers through these difficult times.
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The Impact Of COVID On Funding
10 December 2020Available for download now, listeners can learn how funders’ risk appetite has changed and see where new opportunities for growth can be found.
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EQ’s Managing Financial Distress Discussion Forum
10 December 2020A panel of EQ experts got together to discuss the potential rise in consumer debt on the horizon for 2021, the impact of that and what lenders can do to support whilst maintaining a healthy business.
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No Time For Downtime
15 October 2020Operational resilience is at the centre of the Financial Conduct Authority’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the UK went into lockdown in March, it urged the businesses it regulates to revisit their contingency plans for unexpected and disruptive major events.
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Funding The COVID Retirement Years: How Open Technology Can Ready Lenders For A Surge In Equity Release Demand
14 September 2020Fears that a generation of ‘later life’ workers had insufficient pensions to support retirement were circulating long before COVID-19 hit the UK in March. Since then, the pandemic has taken an axe to UK pension investments, throwing fuel on the fire of what was already a gathering crisis.
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