Loans

Quarter of exes share loan/credit card debt

According to a new survey conducted on behalf of debt advice and solutions provider...

Trio of payday loan ads banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned three payday loan adverts following a complaint...

Community banks proposed to take on payday lenders

A network of new Community Banks should be created across the country as an...

Dragonfly breaks £1bn barrier

Dragonfly Property Finance says it has now lent over £1bn of lending since its...

Skipton sells HML

Skipton Building Society has announced the sale of Homeloan Management Limited (HML), its mortgage...

Thomas Jefferson joins loan provider

Borro has announced an addition to its management team with the appointment of Thomas...

Majority expect rate rise over next 12 months

Legal & General’s latest Mortgage Mood survey has revealed that 68% of homeowners fear...

Logbook lenders “driving people into debt”

Citizens Advice has raised concerns that people taking out logbook loans are overloaded with...

H1 2014 secured lending up 33% year-on-year

Loans Warehouse has reported that the first half of 2014 saw secured lending volumes...

Helping portfolios grow with property refurbishment loans

The refurbishment lending market has seen a recent boost with property investors and homeowners...

New loan comparison tool to launch

Master broker Promise Solutions is to launch a new comparison system this week that...

UTB to launch professional lending deal

United Trust Bank has appointed Kevin Flowerday to launch a new professional...

Lack of awareness of alternative finance

12% of small and medium sized businesses who were refused bank funding didn’t seek...

SimplyBiz Mortgages unveils unsecured loan offering

SimplyBiz Mortgages has selected existing partner, The Loans Engine, as its preferred provider,...

COMMENT

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Latest news

Goldman Sachs discloses 3.15% stake in Secure Trust Bank

Goldman Sachs has reported a 3.15% voting interest in Secure Trust Bank following a...

Market Harborough launches rental scheme offering deposit contributions to first-time buyers

Market Harborough Building Society is offering aspiring homeowners the chance to recover 60% of...

Tipton adds discounted rates for expat and limited company landlords

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has expanded its variable rate buy-to-let mortgage range with...

WIS Mortgages sets out five-year adviser growth strategy

WIS Mortgages has announced a five-year growth plan centred on expanding its adviser community...

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