Loans

Loans firm rapped over envelope

A Belfast-based loans firm has had a complaint about one of its adverts upheld...

ThinCats makes board-level appointments

Peer-to-peer lender ThinCats has appointed Jill Sandford and Damon Walford to the board of...

What’s in a name?

December is supposed to be a quieter month for new business and sales activity....

Y3S takes 50% stake in Pink Pig Loans

Y3S Group has acquired a 50% shareholding in Pink Pig Loans (PPL), a brokerage...

Record month for West One Loans

West One Loans has reported a record month in November with £54 million lent across residential...

Fluent for Advisers bucks FLA trend

Second charge distributor Fluent for Advisers (F4A) has seen new business continue to grow...

Brightstar expands unsecured range

Brightstar has revealed that it completed over £1 million worth of unsecured business loans in...

Widespread public ignorance over second charges

79% of people in the UK don’t know what a second charge mortgage is,...

Fall in second charge lending

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth of 6% in consumer finance new...

Tenet unveils direct to lender second charge sourcing solution

Mortgage Brain has launched TenetLoansBrain, a direct to lender second charge sourcing solution enabling...

Record quarter for Y3S Group

Y3S Group has reported a record quarter of completions via its second charge brands, Y3S...

Paragon joins SimplyBiz secured panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has partnered with Paragon Personal Finance to launch a secured loans panel....

Kuflink opens new principal office

Bridging lender Kuflink Bridging has had its new head office in Gravesend officially opened by Treasury...

FCA focussing on high-cost credit and overdrafts

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking evidence and feedback to further inform its...

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...

Latest news

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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