Loans

Y3S secures full FCA authorisation

Second charge packager Y3S Loans has received formal notification of authorisation from the Financial...

ECR hails peer-to-peer success

Euro Credit Risk (ECR), a provider of portfolio analysis and risk mitigation to the...

Different Money hires operations manager

Short-term loan provider Different Money has appointed Lisa Bayliss as operations manager. Bayliss (pictured)...

71% of brokers “not ready for MCD regulation”

Secured loan master broker Clever Lending has claimed there is a widespread lack of...

New ‘commission match promise’ from master broker

Second charge master broker Access 4 Finance has launched a new website and commission policy. Director Scott...

Target and Freedom Finance launch unsecured lender

Target Group has has joined with Freedom Finance to support the launch of BumbleBee...

New MCD implementation guide from Paradigm

Paradigm Mortgage Services has published its second Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) implementation update for...

Specialist lender unveils new name

The financial services group previously known as Jerrold Holdings has now become 'Together'. The...

TMA partners with Shawbrook Academies

Shawbrook Academies have launched in partnership with TMA. The academies are designed specifically for UK...

New combined sourcing system from Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance has launched a combined mortgage, secured loan and bridging online sourcing system...

Major anniversary for Paragon

Paragon Mortgages' parent company, The Paragon Group of Companies, is celebrating its 30th anniversary...

FSE London: £5bn opportunity from equity release

Equity release lending levels are likely to increase considerably over the course of this...

Acenden administers new portfolio

Acenden has boarded a new portfolio of second lien loans which was acquired by...

Positive Lending bolsters regional management team

Positive Lending has expanded its regional account manager team with the appointments of Phil Roberts and...

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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