Regulation

Recognise Bank receives full authorisation

Recognise Bank has had its deposit restrictions removed by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). It...

Regulator to “move faster” to remove unused permissions

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued draft guidance on a new power that allows it to move faster to remove regulatory permissions that...

Ban and fine for pension transfer adviser

The Financial Conduct Authority has published a Decision Notice against Geoffrey Edward Armin of...

Record results for anti-money laundering specialist

Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch has reported its best ever first half year results in...

The Right DA Club cuts RegData costs

The Right DA Club has reduced the price of its Gabriel/RegData report service, as...

Mortgage broker banned and fined £25k

Markos Markou, director and chief executive of a mortgage broker firm, Financial Solutions (Euro)...

Unauthorised adviser hit with jail term

Ian James Hudson has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for one count of...

FCA targets debt packager firms

Following an FCA review of the practices of debt packager firms, five firms have...

Conveyancers want leasehold reform legislation

The Conveyancing Association (CA) is calling on the government to move ‘further and faster’ in...

SmartSearch urges UK businesses to collaborate with AMLA

SmartSearch has warned the UK could be "left behind in the fight against money...

FCA hits LBGI with £90m fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined LBGI (Lloyds Bank General Insurance Limited, St...

FCA appoints interim general counsel

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed David Anthony Scott as its interim general...

SmartSearch: don’t rush AML to beat SDLT deadline

SmartSearch has warned against the dangers of rushing through anti-money laundering checks, in an...

More2life urges advisers to respond to FCA’s call for a new Consumer Duty 

Equity release lender, more2life, is calling on advisers to respond to the Financial Conduct...
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COMMENT

Comment

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...
Technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...
Building Societies

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...
Cover

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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