Regulation

Landlords begin to address 2025 EPC rules

New Shawbrook Bank research has found that 17% of landlords had made efforts to...

IdentityChecker unveils biometric facial ID checks

Identification and anti-money laundering check service, IdentityChecker, has launched biometric facial ID checks. The system...

SmartSearch improves international business reports

Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch has updated its international business reports service, with the addition...

Smartsearch seeks 20 new staff before end of the year

Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch is looking to recruit 20 new staff before the end...

Brokers need to be alert to financial abuse of elderly clients

New research has found that 94% of 45 to 70 year-olds believe financial service...

HLPartnership grows external compliance team

HLPartnership has announced the appointment of Norman Jackson to the role of regional compliance...

Online mortgage broker launches to non-high street customers

An online mortgage broker, Haysto, has this week launched for customers who don’t fit...

Paradigm Consulting joins APCC

Paradigm Consulting, the financial support consultancy, has joined the Association of Professional Compliance Consultants...

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued draft guidance on a new power that allows it to move faster to remove regulatory permissions that...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

Comment

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

Latest news

News

Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates by up to 75bps

Virgin Money is increasing selected purchase, remortgage, buy-to-let and product transfer rates from Thursday...
News

Property sector must embrace long-term reform to withstand global shocks, says OPDA

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has called on the government to adopt a...
News

Rent rises hold steady as UK house price growth slows

Private rents across the UK rose at the same annual rate in February, while...
results

Movera reports rise in completions as expansion gathers pace

Home moving group Movera has reported a sharp increase in activity across its conveyancing...

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