CCR Magazine: Essex named UK credit card capital

CCR Magazine has published an article based on our latest report, Life on Credit: The New Normal. “People in the South of England rely on credit cards to maintain their day-to-day spending habits while Northerners’ prefer overdrafts, according to research published today by GK Strategy and onefourzero Group. The findings show that reliance on credit for […]
Lessons from payday lending for other financial service providers

Consumer credit is booming in the UK, topping £200 billion for the first time since the financial crisis. Almost half of men and women under 30 regularly use credit to stretch their finances until payday. And a quarter of them are constantly in debt. One in ten have used a payday loan company. The sector has […]