International Personal Finance (IPF), a leading international provider of consumer credit in growth markets has commissioned YouGov to research important economic and financial issues amongst its customers in Central Europe and Mexico.
The survey conducted on behalf of IPF by YouGov, a leading international, full service online market research agency, saw the company question nearly 11,000 customers of IPF in Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Mexico.
The outputs of the research will form the basis of a new bi-annual report called the IPF Financial Wellbeing and Inclusion Report that will report on issues such as key financial concerns, access to mainstream financial services, the affordability of credit and macro and household economic confidence as well as other topical social and demographic issues.
The report is designed to engage with IPF’s customers, understand their views on a range of important economic and financial issues and share the headline findings to key groups of external stakeholders and influencers including politicians, the media, Government and their civil servants, Non-Governmental Organisations and Charities.
John Mitra, Group Corporate Affairs Director, IPF explained more about the thinking behind the major international study.
“Customers of IPF are typically from socio-economic groups poorly served and sometimes excluded from mainstream financial services. With lower levels of social influence, disposable income and political power, they can often feel marginalised and devoid of a voice in society. The report is intended to illuminate their concerns or experiences, so national policy makers are better informed to make decisions they feel are appropriate and required.
“We chose to partner with YouGov for this study because they are an internationally respected research agency who has the expertise and resources to help us manage a major piece of research and analysis.”
The inaugural report is split into four main sections including Economic Outlook, Financial Holdings, Use of Credit Services and Standard of Living.
The Financial Wellbeing and Inclusion Report will be shortly available at www.ipfin.co.uk or ‘like’ our Facebook page (International Personal Finance) to access a copy.
Further information
Contact Nick Jones, Head of Communications, International Personal Finance
+44 (0) 113 285 6815
