Loans

Nationwide extends personal loan offer

Nationwide Building Society is extending its reduced personal loan rate of 4.9% APR Representative...

Paragon Bank given go-ahead by regulator

Paragon Bank has been granted a banking licence by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). The...

Borro lends against Oscar statuette

Personal asset lender borro has revealed that it has recently taken possession of an...

Liberis sets up £1m funding for flooded businesses

Business cash advance provider Liberis has ringfenced £1m ‘immediate access’ funding for micro and...

Year-on-year rise in second charge repossessions

Second charge mortgage repossessions fell in the final quarter of 2013 by 29.7% to...

SML targets brokers in Northern Ireland

Smart Money Loans (SML), which already has offices in England and Scotland, has announced...

CBFL wants more transparency in STL market

Capital Bridging Finance Limited (CBFL) has introduced a video recording process for all its...

Promise Solutions expands panel

Firmus Secured Loans has become the latest lender to join Promise Solutions’ secured loan...

SMEs shun banks for payday lenders

An Amigo Loans survey has found that UK microbusinesses have little confidence in borrowing...

Masthaven unveils purchase buy-to-let deal

Masthaven Secured Loans (MSL) has launched a new product aimed at helping customers gain...

Funding Circle to go on the road

Funding Circle, the online marketplace for business loans, has provided details of its first...

Masthaven Secured Loans enhances broker support

Masthaven Secured Loans has made further improvements to its broker support service. The upgrades have...

Central Trust expands UK product availability

Central Trust has move to is extend the reach of its products and services...

Secured loan business boost expected from FCA regime

A new survey has found that 88% of brokers are anticipating to write more...

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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