2025 Hall of Fame Winners List


Congratulations to the 2025 Winners and Finalists. You can read all about why the winners stood apart by looking at the Award Review by clicking on the icon below.

Click here to view the 2025 Credit & Collections Industry Awards Review.

Alternative Lending Provider of the Year

Winner:Nucleus Commercial Finance

FINALISTS

  • 365 Finance
  • Lending Stream
  • Novuna Business Cash Flow
  • Payl8r

Lending Provider of the Year

Winner:Creditspring

FINALISTS

  • Drafty
  • Nucleus Commercial Finance

Business Credit Provider of the Year

Winner:Payl8r

FINALISTS

  • Cedar Rose
  • Credit Assist

Credit Team of the Year

Winner:Novuna Consumer Finance

FINALISTS

  • Fairlo
  • Nova Credit
  • SEFE Energy

Consumer Credit Provider of the Year

Winner:Fairlo

FINALISTS

  • Creditspring
  • Nova Credit
  • Payl8r

Credit Modelling & Risk Team of the Year

Winner:Nova Credit

FINALISTS

  • Company Watch
  • Data On Demand
  • Liberata

Fraud Prevention Team of the Year

Winner:Company Watch

FINALISTS

  • Atradius Collections
  • Cedar Rose

Responsible Lender of the Year

Winner:Fairlo

FINALISTS

  • Creditspring
  • Payl8r

Business Collections Team of the Year

Winner:SEFE Energy

FINALISTS

  • Atradius Collections
  • Bluestone Credit Management
  • Biffa Waste Services
  • Controlaccount
  • Global Credit Recoveries
  • Liberata
  • Novuna Business Cash Flow
  • Nucleus Commercial Finance

Consumer Collections Team of the Year

Winner:Liberata

FINALISTS

  • ARC (Europe)
  • Controlaccount
  • DebtStream and Zinc Group
  • Sonex Financial and Lantern Group
  • The Digital DRA

Debt Advice Provider of the Year

Winner:Money Advice Trust

FINALISTS

  • Money Wellness
  • PayPlan
  • Refresh Debt Advice
  • StepChange

Debt Recovery Specialist of the Year

Winner:Marston Recovery

FINALISTS

  • Flint Bishop
  • Forbes Solicitors
  • PKF Littlejohn Advisory

Best Training Initiative

Winner:Credit Services Association (CSA) and Lowell

FINALISTS

  • Biffa Waste Services
  • Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) and EH Smith
  • Consumer Credit Trade Association (CCTA)
  • Money Wellness
  • STA International

Innovator of the Year (Company)

Winner:Liberata

FINALISTS

  • Afforda
  • Aperidata
  • Biffa Waste Services
  • Boshhh Fintech
  • TCN
  • Webio
  • Zoot and Moneybarn

Innovator of the Year (Person)

Winner:Tina Daulton from Biffa Waste Services

FINALISTS

  • Connor Kenny from Brabners
  • Misha Esipov from Nova Credit

Customer Vulnerability & Support Initiative

Winner:PayPlan

FINALISTS

  • AperiData and PayPoint
  • Data On Demand
  • Dukes
  • Finvence and Vulnerability Registration Service (VRS)
  • Gain Credit
  • Government Debt Management Functional Centre and Christians Against Poverty, Money Advice Trust and Money & Pensions Service
  • Inicio
  • Sonex Financial and Lantern Group
  • STA International

Industry Contribution of the Year

Winner:Dukes Bailiffs

FINALISTS

  • Company Watch
  • CreditOnline

Best Lending & Credit Technology Partnership

Winner:Zoot and Moneybarn

FINALISTS

  • Boshhh Fintech
  • CreditOnline
  • LendingMetrics
  • Nova Credit

Best Collections Technology Partnership

Winner:DebtStream and AperiData

FINALISTS

  • C&R Software and Nedbank
  • Data on Demand and COEO
  • FIS Global and Smith + Nephew
  • G3 Vehicle Auctions and Zopa
  • Inicio and BPO Collections
  • Novuna Business Cash Flow and Esker
  • The Digital DRA and the Vulnerability Registration Services (VRS)

Business Partnership of the Year

Winner:DebtStream and Zinc Group

FINALISTS

  • Finvence and Consumer Duty Services
  • Paylink and PayPlan
  • Zoot and Moneybarn

2025 Winners

2025 Credit & Collections Industry Awards – Winners list:

Credit & Collections categories

Alternative Lending Provider of the Year: Nucleus Commercial Finance

Lending Provider of the Year: Creditspring

Business Credit Provider of the Year: Payl8r

Credit Team of the Year: Novuna Consumer Finance

Consumer Credit Provider of the Year: Fairlo

Credit Modelling & Risk Team of the Year: Nova Credit

Fraud Prevention Team of the Year: Company Watch

Responsible Lender of the Year: Fairlo

Collections & Insolvency categories 

Business Collections Team of the Year: SEFE Energy

Consumer Collections Team of the Year: Liberata

Debt Advice Provider of the Year: Money Advice Trust

Debt Recovery Specialist of the Year: Marston Recovery

Innovation & Initiative categories

Customer Vulnerability & Support Initiative: PayPlan

Best Training Initiative: Credit Services Association (CSA) and Lowell

Industry Contribution of the Year: Dukes

 Company Innovator of the Year: Liberata

Innovator of the Year (Person): Tina Daulton from Biffa Waste Services

Partnership categories

Best Collections Technology Partnership: DebtStream and AperiData

Best Lending & Credit Technology Partnership: Zoot and Moneybarn

Business Partnership of the Year: DebtStream and Zinc Group


2025 Finalists Roll of Honour: