Morses Club went into administration on 17 November 2023. Morses Club was the largest doorstep lender in the UK after Provident stopped lending in 2021. Last year it had 144,000 customers. Morses also provided some payday loans through a subsidiary, under the name Dot Dot loans - this subsidiary is also now in administration. Morses employed 373 staff. The administrators have made 101 … [Read more...]
Making a claim to the Morses Scheme [old article]
UPDATE - Morses Club went into administration on 17 November 2023. This scheme has now been terminated. See Morses Club goes under – in administration – Scheme fails for details and what customers should do. Morses sent out a batch of decisions on 6 July 2023. Many people have found these confusing - see the comments below this article. At one point the email says in a grey box: "Morses … [Read more...]
Morses Club – you can still make complaints (August 2022)
UPDATE - in November 2023 the Morses Scheme failed - see Morses Club goes under – in administration for details In July 2022, Morses Club announced it was looking into a Scheme of Arrangement to cap affordability complaint refunds. At that point there was no mention of any change to its complaint handling, see my article Morses considers Scheme to cut refunds to customers. Morses … [Read more...]
Morses considers Scheme to cut refunds to customers [July 2022]
UPDATE - in November 2023 the Morses Scheme failed - see Morses Club goes under – in administration for details Comments are now closed on this old article. Britain's largest doorstep lender, Morses Club, announced in July 2022 that it was considering a plan to reduce its liability to pay compensation to customers mis-sold unaffordable loans. The announcement of a possible Scheme of … [Read more...]
Wageday Advance – administration now completed
Summary of the administration Curo Transatlantic Limited (Curo) had two brands: Wageday Advance (WDA), a mid-sized payday lender; and Juo Loans, a small guarantor lender. Curo entered administration on 26 February 2019 because of the number of payday loan affordability complaints they were receiving. They appointed KPMG as Administrators. The Administrators … [Read more...]