Regulation

Visuals needed for MMR says Vizolution

Introducing visuals to the sales process could be the answer to getting the right...

Debt firms have CCLs withdrawn by regulator

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has refused to renew the consumer credit licences...

Secured loan business boost expected from FCA regime

A new survey has found that 88% of brokers are anticipating to write more...

First Complete runs best practice meetings

First Complete has launched its first series of member roadshows for 2014. Called...

SFI rings the changes in advance of MMR

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) has refreshed its Introducer Internet mortgage platform which will be...

The Money Shop falls fouls of ASA

Instant Cash Loans Ltd (trading as The Money Shop) has been informed one of...

Standard Bank fined £7.6m by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Standard Bank PLC (Standard Bank) £7,640,400 for...

FCA to review RBS’s treatment of business customers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Promontory Financial Group and Mazars to conduct...

OFT investigates ex-payday lender

The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed that it is investigating payday lender Web...

Capital Bridging Finance seeks regulated status

Short term funder Capital Bridging Finance has submitted its application to become a regulated...

Advisers bullish post-RDR

90% of advisers are confident about the future of their business, one year on...

APFA wants compensation for FCA over-charging

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called for compensation for those firms...

FCA to investigate Co-op Bank

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed it will be undertaking enforcement investigations into...

Widespread support for payday loan cap

84% of adults in the UK are in support of government plans to introduce...
1...103104105...120Page 104 of 120

COMMENT

Comment

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

Latest news

Cover

Eleos launches income protection with redundancy cover

Eleos Life has launched an income protection policy covering redundancy alongside illness and injury...
First-time buyers

Trade bodies welcome first-time buyer scheme but call for careful design

Mortgage trade bodies have welcomed the government's proposed Your First Home scheme, while warning...
Artificial Intelligence

Advice firm wins first client through ChatGPT after AI visibility push

A financial advice firm secured its first client through ChatGPT within two weeks of...
News

Alps expands landlord insurance add-ons on Acturis

Alps has made its full range of let property insurance add-ons available through the...

PROFILES