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  • CCD2 and buy now, pay later: what moves into the provider's code
  • Consumer Duty's Neglected Outcome: What the FCA's Support Review Reveals About UK Firms' Client Care (Nanne Parmar)
  • The Agent Metric Retail Banks and Motor Insurers Should Be Asking For (Andrii Bilous)

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finextra.com /2 days ago

CCD2 and buy now, pay later: what moves into the provider's code

Author: A finextra community member

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finextra.com /1 month ago

Consumer Duty's Neglected Outcome: What the FCA's Support Review Reveals About UK Firms' Client Care (Nanne Parmar)

When the Consumer Duty came into force in July 2023, most of the early attention went to price and v...

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finextra.com /1 month ago

The Agent Metric Retail Banks and Motor Insurers Should Be Asking For (Andrii Bilous)

Financial institutions are being sold agents that act rather than answer: raise the credit, amend t

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propertywire.com /3 weeks ago

Cynergy Bank finances £32m South London retail portfolio

Real estate finance specialist SHC Capital has arranged an investment term loan from Cynergy Bank for a property investment group, secured against a multi-asset high street retail...

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finextra.com /4 days ago

Reading payment data versus acting on it: why affordability belongs to account information (Martin Korbelar)

On 20 November 2026, the revised Consumer Credit Directive 2023/2225, commonly called CCD2, begins

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am-online.com /2 weeks ago

Motor finance provisions surge as redress hearing begins

Stellantis Financial Services and Close Brothers hold combined motor finance provisions of £541.3m as a tribunal considers the timetable for legal challenges.

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finextra.com /2 days ago

CCD2 and buy now, pay later: what moves into the provider's code (Viacheslav Kostin)

By Hanna Yadlouskaya, WislaCode. Posted from Slava Kostin's Finextra account. A buy now, pay later ...

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romania-insider.com /3 weeks ago

PwC study: Only one in four Romanian consumers enjoys financial comfort

By comparison, one-third of consumers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and almost half (48%) of consumers globally report being financially comfortable, according to PwC’s globa...

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fintechnews.sg /1 week ago

When Your Shopping App Offers a Loan, Who Profits Behind the Scenes?

Embedded finance has settled well into the Asia Pacific region’s everyday digital life. Users now comfortably gain access to payments, credit, and wallets inside the platforms they...

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finextra.com /2 weeks ago

The Economics of Point-of-Sale Lending in India (Taras Boyko)

India’s next big lending opportunity may not begin with a loan application. It may begin at the chec...

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tribune.com.pk /1 month ago

Financialisation of households

Individuals take different types of loans to meet essential needs, which increases import bill

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newswire.com /1 month ago

Consumer Packaged Goods Funding Built for the Production-to-Shelf Cash Gap

GetABusinessLoan.com structures financing around a brand's production, inventory, and retail cycle - pre-approval in 2-4 hours, no hard credit check to start.

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finextra.com /1 week ago

Pepkor's $1.3bn fintech deal comes under shareholder scrutiny

South African retailer Pepkor is facing complaints from directors and investors over a deal to merge its fintech arm with a rival company.

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retaildive.com /5 days ago

Why retail is positioned to win the flexible credential opportunity

Shoppers juggle debit, credit and BNPL. Here’s why retail is poised to win with one flexible card.

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finextra.com /1 month ago

Before the FCA Writes Another Rule, Has Consumer Duty Actually Worked? (Francesco Fulcoli)

On 2 September, the Financial Conduct Authority’s David Geale , Executive Director of Consumers, P...

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housingwire.com /3 days ago

Northpointe to sell distributed retail, consumer direct channels to CMG

Deal is expected to close by the end of 2026

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regulationtomorrow.com /1 month ago

FCA publishes feedback statement on supporting SME access to finance

On 17 September 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its feedback statement (FS26/2) in relation to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) access to f...

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investinglive.com /1 month ago

UK retail sector remains under pressure as CBI survey shows sharp sales decline

Full report hereThe UK retail sector faced worsening trading conditions in August, according to the latest CBI Distributive Trades Survey, as sales volumes fell at their fastest pa...

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finextra.com /3 days ago

Embedded Finance: Why Infrastructure and Data Dominate Corporate Banking

Author: A finextra community member

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openbankingexpo.com /1 month ago

FCA cites Open Finance among next steps to support SME access to finance

A Financial Conduct Authority review into SME access to finance found that the challenges are often greatest for microbusinesses in the UK. Source

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techbuzzireland.com /2 weeks ago

CCPC launches Investment Readiness financial literacy tool as it welcomes Government investment accounts

Gráinne Griffin, Director of Financial Education at the CCPC and Ireland’s Financial Literacy Ambassador, said: “Financial literacy is central to good investment choices. The CCPC...

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finextra.com /1 week ago

Klarna launches at M&S

Klarna, the everyday finance network, is now available as a payment option at Marks & Spencer for Fashion, Home & Beauty purchases online, bringing shoppers at the UK’s mos...

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inc.com /1 week ago

Buy Now, Pay Later Is a $157 Billion Market. Payments Are Now Part of Your Product

BNPL now shapes affordability, product choice, refunds, and trust. Leaders need to treat financing as part of the offer, not a final checkout step.

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finextra.com /1 month ago

BNPL regulation: the growing role of data in credit decisioning

Author: A finextra community member

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