21st December 2011
Are your clients looking for a debt management program?
If you are a mortgage broker, loan broker, IFA, accountant, solicitor, IP, lettings agent, estate agent, payday loan provider, cash for gold broker or somebody that runs a finance-related business, ...
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22nd November 2011
If you believe the adverts, IVA providers would like you to think that they’re ‘government backed’, that you’ll have ‘75% of your debts written off’ and that IVAs are ‘new legislation’. Debt Management companies offering IVA’s have prospered year on year ...
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23rd October 2011
Most industry professionals in the debt help sector who have ever purchased leads will understand that conversion is all down to the ability of the purchaser to sell the product to the client. Debt management leads providers will always distance themselve...
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23rd October 2011
After decades of rising consumer spending and rising consumer debts, it comes as no surprise to many that demand for debt management uk wide has also been increasing. What may be surprising to some, however, is that whilst the Banks have stopped lending s...
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23rd October 2011
There has been much said about debt management companies in the news lately, and most of it has not made pretty reading for the DMC’s. The OFT compiled a ‘mystery shop’ of the industry and uncovered bad practices being carried out almost across the board....
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14th July 2011
With the recent news that Britain’s economy is not recovering as quickly as predicted, it is believed that the demand for debt management services will continue to grow. Indebted households continue to seek professional advice regarding debt solutions suc...
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14th July 2011
For many professionals operating in the finance sector, barely a day goes by without some data provider or lead generation company emailing or calling to offer the latest ‘must have’ batch of ‘dynamite’ leads. However, in my experience the quality of lead...
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14th July 2011
The recent collapses of debt management companies ‘Debt Doctor’ and ‘DCM Money Solutions’ has not only left the clients of each company in limbo but also the brokers, associates, affiliates and franchisees have suffered too. Between them, DCM and Debt Dr ...
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19th June 2011
Shockwaves were sent across the UK debt management industry last month as not one but two debt management companies went into administration, leaving thousands of clients wondering where to turn next to resolve their debt problems.
The two debt advice ...
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19th June 2011
It has been widely reported recently that 2 of the most well-known debt management companies have gone bust, sending shockwaves throughout the industry. ‘DCM Money Solutions’ of Nottingham and ‘Debt Doctor’ of Somerset both recently announced that their b...
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19th June 2011
If you are a mortgage broker, financial advisor, IP, accountant, solicitor, claims company, lettings agent or similar, you may be looking at introducing clients to debt management companies in return for a commission. But are the companies you are conside...
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13th May 2011
It seems that after months of deliberating, delaying, stalling, wrangling and jostling by the banks in relation to mis-sold PPI and the Judicial review that ensued, that many banks have taken a sudden U-turn and decided simply to give up and pay out. Inc...
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13th April 2011
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has launched a judicial review over new rules on how complaints about payment protection insurance (PPI) should be handled.
PPI is supposed to cover the cost of repayments if a customer becomes ill or unemployed ...
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10th April 2011
If you are one of millions who have suffered unfair bank charges it is still possible to claim them back. As with unenforceable debt claims, people think it isn’t worth while trying to claim anymore. But it is!!! As part of standard banking regulations an...
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10th April 2011
Ever had PPI added to a loan or credit card either now or in the past? Believe it or not it was probably mis-sold and you could be due a huge refund! There are lots of UK claims companies that have been actively helping clients claim back PPI for the last...
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