Loans

FLA: continued growth for second charge market

There was an 11% growth in overall consumer finance new business in the 12...

Call for transparency with payday loan lead generators

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its provisional decision on the payday...

TV encouraging irresponsible use of credit

Fictional characters, celebrities and reality TV stars are all helping to encourage people to...

SBG appoints preferred provider master brokers

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced the appointment of Promise Solutions Ltd and Positive...

Wonga sees telly ad banned

A Wonga TV advert has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority following a...

Europe wins Lender Ryder Cup

The alternative to the Ryder Cup has been fought for by teams representing lenders...

Quarterly fall in secured credit

The Bank of England's Credit Conditions Survey for the third quarter of 204 found...

Shawbrook bolsters post-completion team

Sohail Degia has been appointed as a second short term loan portfolio officer to...

Bridgebank buoyed by Quantum response

In the fortnight since the large loan and development brand launch of Quantum by...

Target acquires secured loan portfolio

Target Group has gone live with its first acquisition of a secured loan portfolio....

220 secured loan deals now available

Loans Warehouse's latest secured loans index indicates there was a month-on-month fall in August...

Halifax reduces rate on Clarity Loan

Halifax has cut the rates on its Clarity Loan, being now available from 4.9%. The...

Wonga not the only one, warns charity

Citizens Advice has warned that not checking if people can afford loans is a...

Blemain celebrates 40th birthday

Specialist lender Blemain Group celebrated its 40th birthday by gathering 200 brokers, financial intermediaries...

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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