Scott & Mears Credit Services Limited enters administration
On 2 September 2025, Scott & Mears Credit Services Limited (SMCS), a debt collection firm, went into administration. Louise Longley and Julian Pitts of Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP were appointed as ...
Showing financial crime the red card
Speech by Steve Smart, joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight, at the 1LoD Financial Crime Summit. Financial crime is still too often seen as a lesser offence. A small-scale scam...
Student Loan Borrowers Face ‘Reckoning’ With 29% Delinquent
New TransUnion data shows almost 30% of student loan borrowers behind on their payments.
Millions of these delinquent borrowers are now preparing for involuntary collections from the U.S. D...