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2016: Challenges, changes and opportunities for brokers

To quote a heavily used cliché from Alexander Graham Bell: “When one door closes,...

Regulator wants CCA stakeholder views

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a Call for Input on the review...

Freedom Finance offering three MCD broker options

Freedom Finance’s intermediary division has provided details its available options for intermediaries who will...

Sole-traders being alienated by banks

Over one million sole traders have been shunned by mainstream lenders, with nearly a third of...

V Loans adopts MCD changes

V Loans has decided to implement Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) changes ahead of the deadline. The second...

Clever Lending prioritising pipeline in run up to MCD

Master broker Clever Lending has implemented its new processes for Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD)...

Seven-year low for second charge repossessions

The number of second-charge mortgage repossessions totalled 228 in 2015, the lowest level for at...

Twenty7Tec systems now fully MCD compliant

Twenty7Tec Group has stated that it has completed the required developments to enable its...

FLA to help members dealing with vulnerable customers

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has started a programme of work to help its...

Nemo Personal Finance ends new lending

The Principality Building Society has decided to end new lending at Nemo Personal Finance. It will however...

TenetLime sees large interest in MCD events

TenetLime has revealed that its current schedule of Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) events in...

Record results for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance issued terms on over £1bn worth of business in 2015, a 62%...

Secured lender see more clients wanting out of DMPs

Equifinance has witnessed a rise in clients wanting to exit their Debt Management Plan...

Consumer finance growth “in line with expectations”

December 2015 saw an 8% growth in consumer finance new business compared with the...

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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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