FICO UK Credit Card Market Report: February 2026 Business Wire Balances show signs of stabilising as payment rates trend down, with missed payment balance levels remaining higher than in 2025
FTSE 100 banks £16bn payday to face economic reality check Banking Provisions for sour loans threaten to take a bite out of profit growth as Barclays kicks off FTSE 100 banks earnings season next week whilst economic tensions loom over the wider financial industry. UK banks will give a snapshot of the gathering tensions in the economy next week as the nation’s top lenders update the [...]
KBRA Releases Research – UK Building Societies: Resilient Fundamentals as Macro Pressures Weigh on Outlook Business Wire KBRA releases its latest research report evaluating the UK building society sector. We believe the overall creditworthiness of the UK building society sector remains resilient despite ongoing macroeconomic pressures, housing affordability constraints, and elevated geopolitical uncertainty. While the housing market has stabilised following a period of elevated transaction activity, momentum is expected to soften due [...]
European Enterprises Accelerate AI-Native Engineering April 15, 2026 Modular engineering models improve speed, audit readiness and measurable outcomes, ISG Provider Lens® report says
Prove Accelerates Global Innovation with Expansion of Ireland R&D Hub April 2, 2026 $5M investment and expanded Dublin team accelerates product strategy and supports Prove’s growing global customer base
KBRA Comments on FCA Finalising Motor Finance Compensation Scheme; No Change to UK Auto ABS Outlook April 1, 2026 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has finalised its compensation scheme for discretionary commission arrangements in UK motor finance, providing greater clarity on the potential scale of redress. In its August 2025 commentary on the implications of motor finance litigation for UK auto ABS, KBRA highlighted the FCA’s earlier estimate of total sector costs ranging from [...]
For FSCS sake: Meet the body that protects Britain’s savers in a financial crisis March 30, 2026 As echoes of 2008 percolate through the banking system, the body that serves to protect Britain in a financial crisis says it’s ready to weather any storm. A combination of fears around private credit, the “stretched” value of artificial intelligence firms and more recently, concerns around a global energy shock, have made top bankers sound [...]
Los Angeles Study Shows Families Can Cut Water Use While Making Everyday Life Easier March 20, 2026 First-of-its-kind innovative home concept combines superior products and efficient design that simplifies routines, bringing indoor water use to less than half the LA average and reducing utility costs
UK Credit Cards in 2025: Balances Reached New Highs While Payments Fell March 16, 2026 Persistent affordability pressures push up average balances despite lower spending as consumers actively curtail discretionary expenditure
Expedia Group Unlocks Sports Tourism Demand Forecasting Through PredictHQ Partnership March 2, 2026 Ahead of this year’s Big Soccer Tournament: Expedia Group becomes PredictHQ’s first deeply integrated online travel agency (OTA) partner, bringing its real-world context directly into Partner Central – the platform lodging partners use to manage rates, inventory and performance New joint forecasts project total traveler spend across North America’s host cities to exceed $8.1 billion USD between June and August 2026 - nearly $750 million higher than last year Accommodation spend is projected to climb 86%, with international arrivals fueling four-digit demand surges in key host cities