Regulation

The DPS to host free landlord webinars on disputes

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has created a series of free online webinars to...

Paradigm Consulting partners with Xpress Mortgages

Paradigm Consulting, the providers of support services to advisory firms, has announced a new...

Rosemount appoints new Appointed Representative

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the independent mortgage and protection network, has announced the appointment...

SmartSearch secures investment to match growth plans

SmartSearch, a UK provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) software, has signed...

“Trillions” could find home in back books before July 2024

$2.6 trillion (£2.4tn) in a cash pile of investors’ money could be used to...

SmartSearch teams up with LSEG Risk Intelligence

SmartSearch, a provider of anti-money-laundering (AML) and digital compliance software, has partnered with LSEG...

Paradigm publishes new Consumer Duty video and e-book

Paradigm has launched its latest Consumer Duty eBook and a new video providing information...

Advisers’ Sustainability Group reveals membership

The Advisers’ Sustainability Group (ASG), recently established by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to...

Client vulnerabilities being missed by lack of technology

MorganAsh has warned that those firms that haven't integrated technology to complete essential vulnerability...

Comentis introduces equity release mental capacity assessment

Comentis, the duty of care assessment company, has launched a new mental capacity assessment...

Gen H joins FinTech FinCrime Exchange

Gen H it has joined the 270+ fintechs which make up FINTRAIL’s FinTech FinCrime...

SimplyBiz launches academy with Competent Adviser

SimplyBiz has announced the launch of ‘MyLearning Academy’, an online learning portal developed in...

SmartSearch appoints new VP of technology

SmartSearch has promoted Andrew Booth to the position of vice president of technology, one...

Brightstar partners with LIBF to deliver CPSP

The Brightstar Group is adopting a group-wide strategy to support team members achieve the...

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Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

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FCA chief calls for bold reform to build ‘mortgage market of the future’

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out a sweeping vision for a more accessible...

FCS Compliance to host customer due diligence webinar for property professionals

FCS Compliance has announced the latest in its series of free educational webinars for...

BFS backs recruitment firm acquisition with £6.75m funding package

Independent SME funder Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £6.75 million invoice discounting...

Gen H named among UK’s fastest-growing tech firms in Deloitte Fast 50

Fintech mortgage lender Gen H has been recognised as one of the UK’s fastest-growing...

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