Regulation

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...

Air Academy adds new LIBF-accredited affordability module

Air Academy, the later-life lending learning platform, has introduced a new affordability module. The module...

73% of regulated firms failing to adopt Open Banking

Nearly three quarters (73%) of regulated firms that take on new individual customers and...

Vast majority of HLP advisers optimistic about the year ahead

A recent survey conducted by mortgage network, HLPartnership, (HLP) saw around 90% of its...

Windsor Hill Mortgages rejoins Stonebridge

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has welcomed advisory practice, Windsor Hill Mortgages,...

EPC target possible but not without challenges

91.5% of properties with a known EPC in the UK could meet future target...

Signposting vulnerable consumers “is not enough”

Signposting a vulnerable client to a different organisation for help is not enough to...

SMEs express real dilemma over Net Zero

Following the COP28 conference which ended last week, research from specialist business lending provider,...

Mistrust of technology risks money laundering

36% of people in regulated firms who say they can’t trust electronic ID verification...

Always time to mitigate your fraud risk

In times of economic uncertainty, the risk of fraudulent activity and financial crime often...

MARS upgraded to improve Consumer Duty functionality

MorganAsh has announced a range of upgrades to its consumer vulnerability assessment platform. The latest...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

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....

Latest news

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

Hope Capital Property Finance has increased its committed funding facility with Shawbrook Bank to...

Pivotal linked to Beneficial Network deal

LSL Property Services is understood to have agreed a deal involving Beneficial mortgage network...

London leads rental growth as supply shortage keeps rents high

London recorded the strongest monthly increase in average rents as demand continued to outstrip...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

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