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Callcredit secures FCA authorisation

Callcredit Information Group's wholly owned subsidiaries, Callcredit Limited and Callcredit Consumer Limited, have achieved full...

Rise in guarantor loan issues

Citizens Advice has seem a 40% increase in the number of guarantor loan problems that...

Equifinance sees changing customer profile

Second charge mortgage lender Equifinance says the profile for customers taking out a second...

Warning sounded over doorstep lending practices

A new report published by Citizens Advice has identified a number of concerning practices...

4% rise in second charge business last year

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported growth of 9% in consumer finance new...

New Shawbrook Academy schedule published

Shawbrook Bank has announced a new series of its Shawbrook Academy events for advisers. The...

PPI claims firm rapped over ad

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint from Lloyds Banking Group over a...

Chaseblue expands underwriting capacity

South Wales based specialist finance broker Chaseblue Loans has signed terms on an extension...

Borro unveils marketing and commission initiative

Borro has introduced a new marketing and commission package to its Preferred Partners Panel...

The Loans Engine secures £750k second charge

Specialist finance broker The Loans Engine has paid out its largest second-charge mortgage amount,...

Record 2016 for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has reported that in 2016 issued terms were up 81%, completed...

Seconds “helping with growing debt concerns”

Clever Lending has reported a noticeable rise in broker enquiries on behalf of clients...

Major promotions at Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has made two internal promotions to its senior management team. Bradley Moore (pictured) is now managing...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Fluent to seconds panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has chosen Fluent for Advisers as part of its ancillary panel of...

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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