Consumer finance new business grows by 8%

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Consumer finance new business grows by 8%

By Adam Cadle

06/11/2019

Consumer finance new business grew by 8% in September, compared with the same month last year, new figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) have shown.

In Q3 2019 as a whole, new business grew by 4% compared with the same quarter in 2018.
In September, while retail store and online credit new business increased by 5%, compared with the same month last year. Second charge mortgage new business was up 18% by value and 20% by volume over the same period.

Commenting on the figures, Geraldine Kilkelly, head of research and chief economist said: “September saw consumer finance new business grow by its strongest rate since October 2018, with growth across each of the main finance products.

“Our latest research suggested that UK new consumer credit overall was expected to grow by 3.4% in 2019 as a whole, and by a similar rate in 2020.”

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