The introduction of IFRS 9 will mean focus is placed on pre-delinquency — treatment of accounts before they exceed limits or miss payments.

UK cards on books 1-5 years are showing signs of debt stress - here are the facts, as well as recommendations for issuers.

Consumers who are concerned about their level of credit card debt can use a number of options and tactics to keep their credit healthy.

In reviewing our data from the FICO Benchmarking Service, for users of FICO TRIAD Customer Manager, I saw some interesting long-term trends and some signs of potential debt stress, particularly among accounts 1-5 years on book.

The introduction of two initiatives in the UK credit card market may see an increase in the promotion and take-up of Directs Debit, and greater flexibility offered to those paying this way.

Over the past few months, the percentage of new Irish card accounts that are delinquent has climbed to around 10%, more than twice the average for UK cards.

Instead of connecting one analytic powered decision solution to another, our customers are asking us to plan out a full, enterprise-wide, centralized decision solution.