SME finance

Recognise secures new investment as chair and CEO step down

Recognise Bank has secured £25m in new capital from its majority shareholder, bringing the...

eCapital Commercial Finance acquires Optimum SME Finance

Optimum SME Finance, a specialist invoice financier, has been acquired by eCapital Commercial Finance. Ant...

Time Finance expands business development team with new hire

Time Finance has welcomed Sion Street as a business development manager in its invoice...

Bad debt rise hitting small businesses hard

The value of bad debt suffered by small businesses has risen by 127%, according...

Reward Funding appoints head of treasury

SME finance provider, Reward Funding, has appointed Tom Dundas to help establish a new...

Fiduciam expands funding with additional £100m facility

Fiduciam has secured £100 million of new funding to be deployed over the next...

Business acquisitions hampered by funding issues

One-third of commercial finance brokers recently surveyed are finding it hard to source lenders...

Main sources of stress and anxiety for SME owners revealed

99% of small to medium-sized business owners have elements of their business that affect...

Budget stalling SME’s borrowing plans

Atom bank has found that SMEs' appetite for external funding is slowing down due...

Sirius Finance hires pair of senior associates

Sirius Finance has announced the recruitment of two new senior associates. Richard Crook has joined...

LHV Bank completes key refinancing deals

LHV Bank has facilitated two major refinancing deals introduced by Graham Chaston, managing director...

FOLK2FOLK appoints head of business development

FOLK2FOLK has announced Carlos Howard as its new head of business development. Howard (pictured) has over...

Commercial brokers report rising demand for complex loan solutions

Commercial finance brokers are seeing a significant rise in client requests to support more...

Assetz Capital structures £9.9m Leicester hotel deal with Atom bank

Assetz Capital has structured a funding package of £9.95m facility for VOCO Leicester Hotel...
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COMMENT

Comment

The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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Regulation

Final call for views on FCA mortgage reforms

The mortgage industry has until tomorrow to respond to Financial Conduct Authority proposals intended...
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One in five borrow to fund private healthcare

Almost one in five people who recently accessed private healthcare used a credit card...
Compliance

Digital mortgage ID checks unaffected by government U-turn

Digital identity verification used by mortgage lenders, brokers and other regulated firms is unaffected...
Building Societies

Family BS launches broker Mortgage Hub

Family Building Society has launched an online mortgage application platform designed to give brokers...

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