Loans

Payday lender to pay £20 million in redress

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that Ariste Holding, trading as Cash Genie,...

RBS provides Masthaven with increased funding line

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has signed an agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS),...

SMEs shun overdrafts for alternative finance

More small businesses in need of funding sought alternative finance rather than a bank...

FCA rings the changes on complaints handling

New rules on complaints and call charges have been published by the Financial Conduct...

Chaseblue outlines growth plans

Secured loan packager Chaseblue Loans has embarked on a recruitment drive, growing its broker manager and...

Crystal Specialist Finance reports record quarter

Crystal Specialist Finance has hailed its rebrand earlier in the year as a success. It...

Clever Lending moves into bridging and commercial finance

Secured loans master broker Clever Lending has appointed Steve Sanderson to expand into commercial...

TFC appoints chief technical officer

TFC Homeloans has appointed Dan Brown as its chief technical officer. Brown will have full...

MPC unanimous over Bank Rate hold

The minutes of the Bank of England's recent Monetary Policy Committee meeting show that...

Citizens Advice sees fall in payday loan problems

Latest figures reveal a steady decline in payday loan problems reported to Citizens Advice. The...

360 Sourcing breaks £100m barrier

Specialist packager Positive Lending has revealed that its secured loan sourcing platform 360 Sourcing...

Minority stake taken in Brightstar

Private investment vehicle Omni Equity Partners has bought a minority stake in distributor Brightstar. Omni Equity...

Best six months for Dragonfly

Dragonfly Property Finance has reported its best six months to date, seeing it break...

FCA chief executive quits

Martin Wheatley is to stand down as chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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News

Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...
Appointments

HLPartnership hires Toby Miles from Legal & General for recruitment role

HLPartnership has appointed Toby Miles as recruitment manager, joining the mortgage and protection network...
Technology

Mortgage Brain unveils major CRM Brain update shaped by broker feedback

Mortgage Brain has released its most extensive update to CRM Brain, introducing new functionality...
ESG

Consumers put greater trust in B Corp certified financial providers, says Cumberland

More than half of consumers say they would feel more confident in their bank...

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