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Barclays hit with £26m fine over arrears failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Barclays Bank UK, Barclays Bank and Clydesdale...

Fleet’s criteria changes include £2m maximum loan size

Fleet Mortgages has made changes to its criteria. The buy-to-let lender has reintroduced a...

LendInvest uses Salesforce for bridging originations

LendInvest has unveiled a cloud-based application for customers seeking short-term lending products. The new...

LV= acquired by private equity firm

Liverpool Victoria Financial Services Limited (LV=) has agreed to be acquired by Bain Capital,...

Covid hitting adverse credit customers the hardest

A new study for Pepper Money has found that the finances of customers with...

Property Master hires digital marketing head

Online buy-to-let mortgage broker, Property Master, has appointed Christopher Brown as its head of...

The Ipswich’s products now on Affordability Hub

Mortgage Brain's Affordability Hub is now featuring products from the Ipswich Building Society. Affordability...

Mortgage Business Expo reveals 2021 dates

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has published details of its physical events next year. The Leeds...

LiveMore Capital appoints sales account manager

LiveMore has announced the appointment of Margarita Genovesa as sales account manager. She will support...

Ingard expands buy-to-let panel with lender appointment

Ingard has appointed Zephyr Homeloans to its buy-to-let mortgage panel. The network's members can now access...

The Leeds unveils digital affordability tool

The Leeds Building Society has adopted Embark from Paylink Solutions to obtain a clear...

New Help to Buy fixes from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a new range of Help to Buy products. The range of...

NatWest returns to 90% LTV mortgage lending

NatWest has reintroduced a range of 90% loan to value (LTV) residential purchase mortgages...

Advisers optimistic about 2021 equity release market

72% of advisers believe the value of the equity release market to grow in...

COMMENT

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

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Hinckley & Rugby widens mortgage criteria for borrowers with past credit problems

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a specialist mortgage range for borrowers who...

Andy Rowe leaves Zephyr after restructuring

Andy Rowe has left his position as head of sales at Zephyr Homeloans after...

TPFG financial services revenue rises to £13m

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) increased financial services revenue by 10% to £13m during...

Finance confidence improves despite economic gloom

Confidence across the finance and leasing industry improved during the second quarter despite most...

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