Debt Complaints UK 2025/26: Ombudsman Figures Explained

By Hamid Ali, MSc Accounting & Finance, Founder of DebtShift · Updated November 2, 2026 · United Kingdom You complained to the debt collector three weeks ago. Nothing back. Not even a “we are looking into it”. So you start to wonder whether anyone, anywhere, actually reads these things. Short answer: Someone does, and sometimes […]
US Bankruptcy Statistics 2026: Filings by Chapter

By Hamid Ali, MSc Accounting & Finance, Founder of DebtShift · Updated October 29, 2026 · United States Roughly every 52 seconds, a US court receives a new bankruptcy case. That is by my calculation from 608,511 cases filed in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, up 12.2% on the year before (U.S. Courts). […]
Debt Statistics 2026: UK and US Household Debt Figures

UK and US Debt Statistics: Insolvencies, Credit Cards and Household Debt By Hamid Ali, Founder of DebtShift · Data checked October 26, 2026 · UK and US Seven point three million UK adults sit in the group the Money and Pensions Service says needs debt advice right now, and 78% of that group regularly have […]
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