It was entirely limited to the article I linked from Experian that explained only credit aspects of current accounts are included on the credit report.
I’m happy to be corrected however I can’t get any links from Experian to load. From what I can see in the search results, it still doesn’t look like it’s readily available. It mentions business lending and open banking for consumers. Does the consumer need to link via open banking for this data to be visible?
I did get an Experian PDF to load but it is a white paper that describes Experian’s “vision” on the “future of credit information”, along with how “opening up data assets like current account turnover (CATO) would be in the consumers interest”.
Could you perhaps link to where you saw this data is currently available to lenders?
Agreed. I thought it was common knowledge that lenders could see this information.
I’m pretty sure one of the big banks even adds a line of text to their statements saying the turnover will be shared with CRAs. I wish I could remember which bank…
I’ve no idea on timeframes for CASS, or the joining process.
Credit file reporting also takes a while, but there’s been an option within the app for them to report details to credit agencies for years, so I’m guessing the tech is there, just not pulled the trigger.
Also be interested to see how fast they launch a credit card here.
However I don’t think it’s unreasonable to question just what counts as income. If Chase just sees anything coming in from any source including transfers then they will think your income is higher than it is if you’re transferring the same £2,000 around several accounts.
If it’s limited to BACS or the like then this would be far more accurate.
Same for other banks. If you’re transferring the same £2,000 around then if transfers are accepted as income then each individual bank may have an inflated idea of your income.
I think this is what the poster was referring to, and it’s not a stupid comment to make. Google does indeed state income is reported, but not which income which could make the difference.