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Santander evaluates UK retail banking operations amid strategic review

Santander is conducting a strategic review of its UK retail banking business, nearly two...

Regulatory reform: a boost for borrowers or a risky move?

Over the festive period, the government reached out to financial regulators, including the FCA,...

Royal London appoints new chair

Royal London has announced the appointment of Isabel Hudson as a non-executive director and...

HTB completes £3.3m development exit

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided a £3.3 million development exit facility. It allowed an...

Borrower expectations need to be managed with Stamp Duty deadline looming

Mortgage trade bodes have sounded a warning over the impending Stamp Duty holiday deadline. Since...

Enness Global makes senior appointment for the Americas

Enness Global has appointed Mariel Maretti as its new head of the Americas. The firm...

Over 40,000 UK householders could take out second charges this year

Pepper Money has predicted that over 42,000 households could to take out second charge...

New chief executive at the Co-operative Bank

Coventry Building Society has announced that Andrea Melville will join the group as chief...

Conveyancing Association publishes 2025 Annual Conference agenda

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has outlined the details of the agenda for its 2025...

Market Financial Solutions added to network panel

Market Financial Solutions has joined the panel of lenders of Try Mortgage Network. Try’s network...

Inspired Lending finances Cornish MUFB purchase and refurb

Inspired Lending has provided a £1.07 million facility for the purchase and refurbishment of...

Atom bank cuts variable and fixed commercial rates

Atom bank has reduced the rates across its range of fixed and variable commercial...

Combined salary averages in 2024 mortgage searches up 9.52% YOY

Twenty7tec has reported a year-on-year rise in mortgage searches of 7.96% across 2024. The first...

Foundation Home Loans increases maximum loan sizes

Foundation Home Loans has announced maximum loan size increases across the majority of its...
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You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

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