Debt

FCA to propose limited mortgage deferral scheme

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to announce new measures for mortgage borrowers impacted...

Aviva launches new ‘Mid-Life MOT’ app

53% of people in their mid-life have never calculated when they can afford to...

Sirius expands down under

Sirius Property Finance is opening of an office in New Zealand. Robert Collins, a...

30% of older women think Covid will cause personal debt rise

New research has found that 33% of women aged over 54 who have taken...

Government debt collection practices slammed as “deeply flawed”

StepChange Debt Charity has submitted a critique on government debt collection practices in response...

FCA wants tailored support for mortgage borrowers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined the support mortgage borrowers will receive if...

First tranche of Covid debt advice funding allocated

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has allocated the first tranche of an additional...

Two-fifths of equity release proceeds used to clear debt

41% of all equity released in H1 2020 was used to pay off debts...

New FCA guidance over vulnerable consumers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published new best practice guidance for firms to...

Debt charities call for action over IVA providers

The Money Advice Trust and StepChange Debt Charity say that changes proposed by the...

Debt breathing space proposals backed by charity

StepChange Debt Charity has firmly welcomed the publication of the draft regulations to implement...

Dudley: there are alternatives to mortgage holiday

The Dudley Building Society has stressed to brokers with Dudley mortgage customers, who might...

FCA takes court action against sale & rent back operations

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun proceedings in the High Court against London...

FCA extends consumer credit payment freeze

The FCA has announced proposals to extend the payment freeze of consumer credit products...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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