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UK Agricultural Finance joins Alternative Business Funding platform

UK Agricultural Finance (‘UKAF’), an SME lender for the rural and agricultural sector, has...

NatWest unveils wide range of rate reductions

NatWest is to introduce rate changes on selected core and semi-exclusive residential products tomorrow...

Paragon reveals John Heron’s successor

Paragon Banking Group will be appointing Richard Rowntree as its new managing director of...

Together turns around bridging loan in three days

Specialist lender Together has come to the aid of a borrower who needed a...

Andrew Ferguson to head up BTL for West One Loans

Andrew Ferguson has been appointed as managing director of West One Loans' buy-to-let.  Ferguson joined...

Aldermore makes specialist finance hires for North of England

Aldermore has made two new appointments to its specialist finance team in support of...

Student lending boosted by Bank of Gran and Grandad

35% of grandparents – around 4.9 million people - have already helped or are...

Interest-only remains most popular mortgage criteria search

Criteria search firm Knowledge Bank has reported that interest-only loans have maintained their place...

Barclays unveils new Great Escape three-year deals

Barclays has made a number of positive changes across its Residential and Reward ranges. It...

UTB to use facial recognition for ID verification

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced an electronic ‘facial recognition’ ID verification service through...

ULS to provide conveyancing services to the Principality

ULS Technology has signed a conveyancing service agreement with the Principality Building Society. The Principality...

Kensington makes widespread rate reductions

Kensington Mortgages has made interest rate cuts on its Young Professional, Large Loan, Select,...

Money Group to use OMS System across all platforms

Mortgage processing CRM platform One Mortgage System (OMS) has been adopted by all of the...

Fleet underwriter joins Complete FS office

Complete FS has announced its latest onsite underwriter addition with the appointment of Wayne...
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The case for tech fluency before AI adoption in the mutual sector

It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

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