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Trebling of credit broker complaints

Citizens Advice has seen a trebling in complaints about credit brokers who take cash...

New FCA rules for credit brokers unveiled

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has introduced new rules today to tackle poor practice...

Lenders need to take the regulatory lead, brokers say

66% of respondents to Shawbrook Bank’s Q3 Broker Barometer think lenders should be...

Watchdog to investigate payday loan ads

The government has asked the advertising watchdog to investigate imposing greater curbs on TV...

Lords to consider primetime TV payday loan ad ban

Members of the House of Lords will today decide whether to ban companies from...

Landbay joins trade body

Landbay has become the latest member of the P2P Finance Association. The P2P...

Jerrold Holdings extends and expands securitisation facility

Jerrold Holdings, Blemain's parent, has extended its revolving securitisation programme, while also increasing...

Credit card debt a huge problem, says Citizens Advice

Citizens Advice has revealed that it helps with 14,000 credit card debt problems a...

BBA: Housing market cooling continues

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has revealed that the slowdown in the mortgage market...

18% rise in Paragon’s pre-tax profits

The Paragon Group has reported pre-tax profits of £122.2 million, which represents an 18.1%...

Shawbrook wins NACFB innovation award

Shawbrook Bank has won the Most Innovative Lender of the Year award...

Pancredit introduces electronic signature solution

Pancredit has launched an electronic signature solution designed to improve point of sale (POS)...

Shawbrook sees improvement in STL turnaround times

Shawbrook Bank has reported an improvement in turnaround times and efficiency in October for...

Prestige revamps offering

Prestige Finance has unveiled a new product and improved pricing on its prime product...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

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Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates by up to 75bps

Virgin Money is increasing selected purchase, remortgage, buy-to-let and product transfer rates from Thursday...
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Property sector must embrace long-term reform to withstand global shocks, says OPDA

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has called on the government to adopt a...
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Rent rises hold steady as UK house price growth slows

Private rents across the UK rose at the same annual rate in February, while...
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Movera reports rise in completions as expansion gathers pace

Home moving group Movera has reported a sharp increase in activity across its conveyancing...

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