0.5% – Gross Domestic Product growth slowed by 0.2% in the third quarter compared to queue to when it was 0.7%, according to estimates from the Office of National Statistics.
21.6% – Total number of approvals rose 21.6% year on year to 121983 in September, says the Bank of England.
£2.3 billion – The size of TSB’s first ever securitisation.
£15.4 million – The total amount payday lender Dollar Financial has agreed to hand back to 147,000 customers after the FCA found it lent more than they could repay.
£200,000 – Leslie Robinson, one of Money Advice Service’s highest-paid directors after taking home more than £200,000 in 2014/15, has quit the organisation.
£452 million – Equity release lending rose 21% year-on-year to £452.6 million in the third quarter, according to the Equity Release Council.
