Faster growth with easy online applications

Covid-19 has been a catalyst for change. A huge global nudge in the direction of doing things online. Because of this, borrowers expect easy online applications. Get this right and loan books grow. Get this wrong and 58% of people will never use your services again. Worse still, 6 in 10 of 25 – 34…

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How to improve affordability assessment

40 credit unions attended our recent training: ‘Affordable or vulnerable’ where we looked at how to improve affordability assessment. We addressed a key challenge: Covid-19 and FCA regulations mean affordability is THE issue for 2021. Get this wrong and arrears increase. Non-compliance may lead to complaints. These may arrive via Claims Management Company looking for…

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An increase in credit union lending?

It’s too early to establish a trend when you’re looking at just a couple of months’ worth of data. Nevertheless, since March there’s been a definite increase in credit union lending. And it’s a much needed increase. At the beginning of the pandemic Carnegie UK and Community Finance Solutions found that the volume of credit…

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Affordable or vulnerable? FREE loan affordability assessment training

Covid-19 has made loan affordability assessment much harder. Furthermore, according to the Financial Conduct Authority, 53% of the UK adult population are showing signs of financial vulnerability. NestEgg’s FREE training session will help loans officers strike the right balance between affordability and vulnerability. During this one-hour course, we’ll look at how credit and open banking…

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Getting a mortgage with a poorer credit history

We’ve been locked away in our homes for more than a year. No wonder many of us are thinking that it would be much more comfortable in our own place. And it is a feeling shared by many. According to the British Social Attitudes survey 86% of people want to own their own home. Last…

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More referrals for community finance

Over the next two years NestEgg will deliver 10,000s more referrals for community finance. We’ve just completed another dozen in-depth interviews with credit union members. As a result we’re better able to understand their money goals and the impact Covid-19 is having on their finances. These recent interviews provided a contrast with a similar exercise…

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