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Key Group unveils new retirement distribution arms

Key Group is targeting expansion with the launch of specialist distribution divisions focusing on...

Wonga to write off debts of 330,000 customers

Following discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), controversial payday lender Wonga is making...

Worrying lack of readiness for interest rate rise

Latest research from the Money Advice Service indicates that UK mortgage holders are unprepared...

“A handbag?” Hermes boost for Borro

Personal asset lender Borro has revealed that some clients are using luxury bags from...

The Claims Guys in trouble over ads

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two complaints against The Claims Guys, based...

Couples keeping finances secret from each other

Couples are keeping their financial affairs secret from each other, and failing to come...

United Trust Bank unveils new professional loan

United Trust Bank has launched a new Professional Lending product. It is designed...

Complete’s ‘Ryder Cup’ supports Alzheimer’s Society

Specialist distributor Complete FS is holding its third 'alternative Ryder Cup' on 1 October. A...

FCA outlines second charge regulatory regime

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published plans to bring second charge mortgages under FCA...

5% fall in complaints

Financial services firms received 2,358,732 new complaints between January and June 2014, according...

FSE: look at secured loans now

The importance of brokers getting to grips with regulatory guidelines concerning the second charge...

“Full house” for Complete FS’s Lender Expo

Complete FS held its 11th annual Expo with lender sponsors and over 100 intermediaries...

Debt solution text provider rapped by ASA

Clarity Leeds from Essex has had two complaints about its text messages upheld by...

Shawbrook reveals August service levels

Shawbrook Bank has published its Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics for August. Despite a...

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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