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Nov 2007

Date Title
30-11-2007 Mortgage Borrowers Feel Brunt of Credit Crunch
29-11-2007 Survey Paints a Dim UK Debt Picture
29-11-2007 Foreclosures Nearly Double Again in October
29-11-2007 GDP Grew 4.9%, Above Estimates; New-Home Sales Rise
28-11-2007 UK Consumer Debt Rises as Card Debt Plateaus
28-11-2007 Bank Profits Fall 25% in Third Quarter
28-11-2007 ANALYSIS: Mortgage Charge-offs and Delinquencies Soar
28-11-2007 ANALYSIS: Card Charge-offs Rise 15% in 3rd Quarter
28-11-2007 ANALYSIS: Consumer Loan Charge-offs Jump 27% in Q3
26-11-2007 US Sub-Prime Crisis Hits Algeria
26-11-2007 Credit Union Card Portfolio Sales Continue at Steady Pace
26-11-2007 Credit Counseling Business Booming
22-11-2007 Bank Niaga Hopeful of Taking 5th Place in Credit-Card Market
22-11-2007 UAE Consumer Loans Soar
19-11-2007 Housing, Credit Markets May Hurt Economy
19-11-2007 Malaysian CIMB looks to RI for future growth
19-11-2007 Dubai May Buy into US Banks after Mortgage Crisis
16-11-2007 Credit Losses 'May Reach $400bn'
15-11-2007 Outlook Remains Bleak for Housing Lenders
15-11-2007 Amlak to offer leading Islamic mortgage finance solutions in Jordan
15-11-2007 Oman's Bank Muscat Eyes First Pakistan Bank Buyout
14-11-2007 HSBC US bad debt exposure $3.4bn
14-11-2007 Bank Warns of Economic Slowdown
14-11-2007 Trade Group Forecasts Growth in U.K. Debt
14-11-2007 Malaysia’s Islamic Capital Market Leads The Way
13-11-2007 Debt Collection Industry Grows
13-11-2007 Debt Collection Industry Grows As Crisis Bites
13-11-2007 Banks Face Prospect of Huge Writedowns
13-11-2007 Card Securitizations Should Remain Strong Despite Mortgage Problems
13-11-2007 ARM Industry in UK Sees Explosive Growth
11-11-2007 UAE Banks Shrug Off US Bank Woes
08-11-2007 U.K. Bankruptcies Down as Banks Deny More Card Applicants
08-11-2007 Consumer Credit Growth Slows in Sept; Credit Cards Lead the Way
08-11-2007 Visa to Pay AmEx $2.25 Billion in Settlement
08-11-2007 Islamic Banking in Pakistan Set to Get Major Boost
08-11-2007 Pakistani Banks Borrow from Central Bank in Tight Market
06-11-2007 No Subprime Crunch for Islamic Banking BANKING MATTERS
05-11-2007 Consumer Loans Business Takes a Gentler Curve
05-11-2007 From Emergence to Innovation
05-11-2007 Islamic Banking to Surge 50% in Two Years
04-11-2007 Malaysia May Issue More Licences to Foreign Banks
03-11-2007 Banks Be Watchful of Loan Defaults, No Overheating
02-11-2007 State to Hear Debt Purchaser Notification Bill
01-11-2007 Recession Inevitable, Card Charge Offs to Rise: Analyst

Oct 2007

Date Title
29-10-2007 Top Card Issuers’ Charge-Offs Rise 19% in Q3
26-10-2007 Newly Available Debt Portfolios Include $600 Million Sale
25-10-2007 Financial Turmoil 'May Continue'
22-10-2007 Credit Crunch Is 'Opportunity'
20-10-2007 UK Banks Are Reining Back Their Credit Card Services
19-10-2007 EXCLUSIVE: Debt Offerings Near $1.7 Billion
18-10-2007 Mortgage Lending Drops
17-10-2007 Chase Reports Higher Income, Revenues and Provision for Losses
16-10-2007 Conference Report: Card Industry under Increased Scrutiny
15-10-2007 Moody’s: August Charge Offs Rise but Cards Remain Strong
12-10-2007 EXCLUSIVE: Current Debt Offerings Top $2.2 Billion
10-10-2007 Helping the Markets Weather the Credit Crunch
10-10-2007 IMF: US-caused global credit squeeze may threaten world economy
09-10-2007 Student Loans Unfazed by Subprime Mortgage Mess
09-10-2007 Credit Card Spending Rise Supports TowerGroup Report
09-10-2007 Credit Card Spending Soars in August
09-10-2007 Card Spending Grows 8.1% in August
05-10-2007 Pakistan's Islamic Banking Industry Attracts RS 55 Billion Investment
05-10-2007 Subprime Will Be Back: Analyst
05-10-2007 UK Debt Part IV: Plastic Spending Mounts
05-10-2007 UK Debt Part III: Parents Take Banker’s Role for Adult Children
04-10-2007 UK Debt Part II: Foreclosures, Rate Hikes, High Prices Don’t Stop Borrowers
04-10-2007 UK Consumers Get Deeper in the Red, Part I
04-10-2007 Calls by Credit Association for Change in Legislation to Tackle UK Debt Crisis
04-10-2007 Rise in Credit Card Fraud Losses is Fuelled by Increased Fraud on Card Use Overseas.
04-10-2007 The Credit Crunch: Implications and Changes Required
03-10-2007 Mortgage Applications Slip 2.7% Last Week
03-10-2007 FTC Sues Debt Program Marketers
02-10-2007 Saudi Mega Projects Hit by Credit Crunch
01-10-2007 Citigroup Earnings to Fall 60% on Loan Problems

Sept 2007

Date Title
29-09-2007 RM1 Bln To Be Given As Micro Loans Next Year
28-09-2007 Study Finds Student Loan Debt Outpaced Starting Salaries in 2006
27-09-2007 Banks Reducing Credit in the UK
26-09-2007 AmBank To Sell NPLs For RM330 Mln
26-09-2007 ABA Says Card Delinquencies See Little Change
25-09-2007 State Lenders to Write Off Some SME Loans to Help Boost Sector
25-09-2007 Credit Card Balances Will Keep Rising
21-09-2007 Malaysian Banks Not Affected By U.S Subprime Crisis
21-09-2007 Collectors Must Keep Eye on Bank Mergers
21-09-2007 UK Collector Association Launches Debt Manifesto

August 2007

Date Title
27-08-2007 Hong Leong Pre-tax Profit Up 15 Pct To RM986 Mln
24-08-2007 U.K. Consumer Debt Now Exceeds GDP
21-08-2007 Bank Niaga Signs Mortgage Agreement
20-08-2007 Loan Officers Tightened Mortgage Standards
16-08-2007 Australians Ringing Up More Card Debt
13-08-2007 BRI Getting Serious About Apartment Mortgages
08-08-2007 Consumer Borrowing Rises 6.5% in June
03-08-2007 Mechanics of Subprime Loans
03-08-2007 Mixed Views on Impact in US
01-08-2007 Danamon Signs Deals With Top Developers

August 2006

Date Title
27-08-2006 Corporate Bankruptcies Trending Higher, New Report Contends
26-08-2006 Credit cards that hurt your credit score
25-08-2006 More and More Consumers Use Visa to Make Small Purchases
24-08-2006 Rising Consumer Debt Tied to Credit Ease
22-08-2006 Columnist Extols the Virtue of Paying Your Debts
22-08-2006 Small-Business Owners Use More Credit
20-08-2006 Economist: Cards Fuel Spending Despite Rising Costs
15-08-2006 Collector Turnover Continues to Plague Debt Buyer
15-08-2006 Basel II: March deadline impracticable
09-08-2006 Collection Software Market Put at $700 million by 2010

July 2006

Date Title
29-07-2006 Collectors Come in For Criticism in New Credit Card Report
19-07-2006 Indonesia: Consolidation not likely under “single presence”
19-07-2006 Government Insights Predicts Open Source Software Will Grow Fastest in Government Sector
15-07-2006 Gas Prices, Interest Rates Lead to Higher Credit Card Delinquencies
09-07-2006 Indian Bank's new initiatives picking up
06-07-2006 N.Y. Passes Bill Ending ‘Universal Default’ for Credit Card Issuers
03-07-2006 Late Payments in Most Consumer Loan Categories Improve While Credit Card Delinquencies Rise

June 2006

Date Title
26-06-2006 Unemployment Key to Mortgage Defaults, Expert Says
26-06-2006 Utility Bills A Low Priority for Money-Crunched Consumers
20-06-2006 Payments Risks on the Rise
19-06-2006 Bankruptcy Law's Counseling Provision isn't Working, Critics Say
19-06-2006 Outsourced Contact Centers Continue to Promise Business Benefits and Market Growth
15-06-2006 Kaulkin Index Reaches Six-Year High as Bankruptcies Tumble
15-06-2006 County Hires Collection Agencies to Go After Very Old Debts
09-06-2006 BI pushes banks to meet Basel II accord targets
05-06-2006 People Continue Paying Down Credit Card Debt

May 2006

Date Title
31-05-2006 Bad loans may cost China $220 bln: Fitch
26-05-2006 Barclays sees rising bad debt
15-05-2006 Indian Banks record varied performance for FY2006
08-05-2006 Indonesian Bank`s Service Improves Despite Profit Decline
07-05-2006 Danamon banks on Microcredit
05-05-2006 On the path to a High Credit Score
03-05-2006 Discover Card Ranked #1 for Online Customer Experience in the Credit Card Industry
03-05-2006 Non Performing Loan Market Activity Reaches 20-year High
02-05-2006 The Year of Growth for BII in Indonesia
01-05-2006 Survey Reveals that Collectors Lack Confidence In Collections Management Metrics

March / April 2006

Date Title
01-04-2006 TAILOR-MADE COLLECTION STRATEGIES
17-03-2006 Revenue leakage, and how to plug it
17-03-2006 Hold onto that customer
17-03-2006 Payment loopholes
17-03-2006 Sale of Pakistan Telecom finally a done deal
17-03-2006 Hattrick for Standard Chartered India
17-03-2006 CIMB and Southern. It's a deal!
17-03-2006 Student debt in South Africa is on the rise
17-03-2006 Hong Kong Seeing Benefits of Positive Data in Credit Reporting
17-03-2006 IRS announces first contracts for debt collection work
17-03-2006 IS THE TAIWAN GOVERNMENT MOVING TO CLOSE DOWN A VITAL SERVICE INDUSTRY?
17-03-2006 Vietnam Government Drafts Decree on Debt Collection Firms
17-03-2006 JCB and MasterCard Agree to Share Common Contactless Communications Protocol
17-03-2006 Major Credit Bureaus Adopt Uniform Score
17-03-2006 Singapore Credit Bureau not catching on?
17-03-2006 Indonesia: Islamic banking faces skills shortage

February 2006

Date Title
05-02-2006 Arab banks set to smash profits record again
05-02-2006 NPL trading takes off in Germany
05-02-2006 Linux to run banks’ mainframes?
05-02-2006 Indian Credit Card Sector Plagued by Random Distribution and Bad Assets
05-02-2006 Asia Pacific Banking Industry Outlook 2006
05-02-2006 Britons in debt to the tune of £1.13 trillion

December 2005

Date Title
10-12-2005 Revised hire-purchase rates unlikely to hurt car sales
08-12-2005 Gemplus, Axalto poised to merge
07-12-2005 Celcom seeks help from Logica
07-12-2005 Firms not ready for Bank Negara disaster recovery mandates
06-12-2005 Forgiving Debts Not Enough Help for the Poor, State Official Says
06-12-2005 Rise in bad loans not a problem: China regulator
06-12-2005 More banks to raise rates
05-12-2005 Islamic bank system remains sound
05-12-2005 Why banks buying insurers
04-12-2005 Amex card offers effective way to manage T and E expenses
03-12-2005 IRS Moves Ahead with Collections Plan
03-12-2005 Credit Card Issuers Welcome the Newly Bankrupt

November 2005

Date Title
11-11-2005 Anger after Barclaycard increases credit card rates by 2%
11-11-2005 Faster, kinder approach pays for collection firm
09-11-2005 Credit cards quitting rate-bumping Game
08-11-2005 Back in Business
08-11-2005 SBI buys Indonesian bank for $6 mn
07-11-2005 Percentage of Americans with Low-cost Auto Loans Surges while Burden of Car Loans Eases
07-11-2005 Bankrate Releases Debt Management Guide
04-11-2005 Credit Card Rates Rise Slightly, More Increases on the Way
03-11-2005 Truck, Construction Repossessions Show Increase in Q3
02-11-2005 Indonesian Inflation hits six-year high
02-11-2005 GE finance unit to start bank card outsourcing
02-11-2005 Islamic Banking Represents Significant Growth Sector for Global Financial Services Industry
02-11-2005 Experian-Gallup Survey Shows Consumers Expect to Spend Less this Holiday Season
01-11-2005 UK's Ofcom Targets Silent Calls
01-11-2005 Attorney General Says Credit Card Companies Are Abusing Consumers
01-11-2005 Fed raises U.S. rates, measured hikes to continue

October 2005
Date Title
28-10-2005 Chinese bank regulator warns of bad debt challenge
27-10-2005 MasterCard Study Shows Automatic Payments Surpass Checks for First Time as Bill-Paying Method
26-10-2005 Credit Card Rates Climb, But Could See a Leveling Off
25-10-2005 Japan credit card cos form 'mobile wallet' alliance
25-10-2005 Gift Card and Online Bill Pay Soar as Consumers Embrace Electronic Payments
23-10-2005 Plastic not fantastic: U.S. card industry in revolt
21-10-2005 Citi Introduces Card with No Late Fees
19-10-2005 UK watchdog says Visa card fees anti-competitive
19-10-2005 Ministry moves to protect phone users
19-10-2005 Credit Counseling Centers of America Commits to Deliver Mandatory Credit Counseling Via StartFreshToday.com
19-10-2005 China bank lashes out at U.S. regulator's comments
17-10-2005 Businesses brace for costlier credit
16-10-2005 Small U.S. banks eye risk-based capital standards
14-10-2005 Debt collectors fined for data protection offence
12-10-2005 Visa Advances Global Payment Network
12-10-2005 Indonesian banks face higher credit risks
11-10-2005 Signs of a Slowdown Emerge in U.S. Housing Market
11-10-2005 Patriot Act Poses Risk for U.S. Financial Institutions
10-10-2005 MasterCard International Gives Businesses Instantaneous Control of Card Programs
10-10-2005 Credit Card Fees Are an Increasing Concern to American Businesses
09-10-2005 Will legislators buy rent-to-own bill?
05-10-2005 Visa International Announces US$255 Billion in Worldwide Commercial Volume
03-10-2005 IBM Japan to Offer Call Center, Web Site for Banks

 
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