Loans

Plymouth City Council bans payday loan ads

Plymouth City Council is the first local authority to ban payday loan websites from...

Record month for Freedom Finance

Freedom Finance has reported a record month in June. Last month saw over £10.7...

20th consecutive month of year-on-year monthly growth for seconds

The amount of secured loans lent in between April and June 2013 stands at...

Nationwide cuts loans to lowest ever rate

Nationwide Building Society has cut its personal loan rate for its main current account...

LendInvest completes first block trade of loans

New peer-to-peer mortgage trading platform, LendInvest, has reported the completion of its first 'block...

Smart Money completes BTL secured loan in 96 hours

Smart Money Loans has claimed a record breaking time for completing a £20,000 buy-to-let...

Strong growth for second charge lending

There was a 5% increase in new consumer finance in May 2013, according to...

Positive Lending increases commission

Positive Lending is offering introducers increased commission during July. The Bournemouth-based specialist distributor and packager...

New secured loan lender unveiled

A new secured loan lender, Clearly Loans, has launched today. It will offer loans...

Prestige Finance improves pricing and products

Prestige Finance has announced interest rate reductions on its standard plans and reduced rates...

Major milestone reached by borro

Borro has revealed it has reached £50 million in funded loans to individuals and...

Promise expands secured panel

TFS Secured Loans has been added to the panel of master broker Promise...

Competition Commission to investigate payday lending sector

The Office of Fair Trading will today refer the payday loan industry to the...

Blemain makes key changes following broker feedback

Blemain Finance has made changes across a range of its products to lower costs...

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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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