Compliance

Brokers warned of AI fraud threat as lender detects suspicious activity

Mortgage brokers have been warned that the growing use of artificial intelligence could expose...

Fairer Finance and Sideways develop Consumer Duty accreditation scheme

Fairer Finance has partnered with behavioural design consultancy Sideways to develop a new Consumer...

Connect introduces AI compliance checks across 350 adviser firms

Connect for Intermediaries is rolling out an AI-powered compliance platform across its network of...

AI used by more than half of consumers considering complaints

More than half of consumers who made or considered making a formal complaint about...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

Fleet launches broker guide to Renters’ Rights Act changes

Fleet Mortgages has introduced a suite of resources to help brokers discuss the implications...

Portfolio landlords feel growing strain from rental management

Almost three-quarters of portfolio landlords say managing their rental properties has become harder over...

Vulnerability and mortgage affordability: two sides of the same coin

Typically, affordability and customer vulnerability have sat in different parts of the business. Credit...

Curvestone joins OpenAI Partner Network as Select Partner

AI compliance platform Curvestone has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI...

Vulnerability data can unlock commercial gains, says MorganAsh

Financial services firms could be overlooking commercial opportunities by treating customer vulnerability mainly as...

Capco urges firms to keep customer outcomes central amid Consumer Duty reforms

Proposed changes to the scope and proportionality of Consumer Duty could reduce unnecessary compliance...

Landlords face £40k penalties as property licensing expands

Landlords are being urged to check local licensing rules as councils expand schemes and...

Mortgage advisers get new route to Chartered status

Experienced mortgage advisers will be able to become Chartered Members under a new pathway...

COMMENT

Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

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AI could prove critical as later life lending demand grows, Air warns

Later life lending specialists may struggle to capitalise on growing demand for advice unless...

Home improvement finance surges 112% as households invest in existing properties

Finance for home improvements more than doubled in the third quarter of 2026, according...

Younger equity release borrowers more likely to make interest payments

Borrowers under the age of 70 account for nearly two-thirds of more2life's lifetime mortgage...

Chetwood Bank names new board risk committee chair

Chetwood Bank has appointed Melanie Czarra as a non-executive director and chair of its...

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