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Brits doing smartphone finance in the small hours

36% of UK adults admit to using the internet or a mobile app to...

FCA to consult over dispute resolution rules

Following a thematic review with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), firms have agreed to...

John Prust returns

John Prust has joined LendInvest as head of sales and marketing for its lending...

Y3S profits up 105%

Y3S Group has more than doubled its profits in the financial year to September...

59th securitisation completed by Paragon

The Paragon Group has completed its latest securitisation. Paragon Mortgages No.21 (PM21) is the fourth...

Paragon Personal Finance joins TFC’s seconds panel

TFC Homeloans has announced the addition of Paragon Personal Finance to its second charge...

Borro partners with ex-footballer charity

Asset lender Borro and XPRO, a charity for former professional footballers in the UK,...

Promise Solutions expands lender panel

Loan master broker Promise Solutions has added to its secured loan panel with...

FSE 2015 dates announced

Front Events will be holding three Financial Services Expo shows next year. Starting...

FCA announces payday loan cap

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed details of a price cap for the...

Smart Money unveils Xmas incentive scheme

Smart Money has launched its new Smart Reward incentive scheme for pre-Christmas completions. The...

Specialist lending still an ‘undiscovered country’ for many advisers

A recent commissioned survey of introducers to Brightstar Financial has found that although over...

Proposed FCA social media rules “unrealistic”

  PR agency chiefs have rebuffed proposals that clients should be obliged to sign-off social...

Double-digit growth in consumer finance

There was a 12% growth in consumer finance new business in September, compared with...

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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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