Regulation

Advise Wise adds Appointment Log feature for Consumer Duty

Advise Wise has announced the introduction of its new Appointment Log feature, allowing advisers...

SimplyBiz introduces AR regime support programme

SimplyBiz has announced the launch of an Appointed Representative (AR) support programme, designed to...

MaPS CEO announces exit

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has announced that its CEO, Caroline Siarkiewicz, will...

Crazy not to have an integrated housing policy, says Family BS

A new report has starkly outlined the failure to create an integrated housing policy...

Consumer Duty Q&A: Phil Lewis, Source Insurance

BestAdvice fires questions on Consumer Duty at Phil Lewis, head of compliance and risk...

FCA bans referral fees for debt packagers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is banning certain providers of debt advice from receiving...

Air Academy launches vulnerability module

Air, the platform for later life lending professionals, has worked with Comentis to launch...

SmartSearch appoints new strategic alliances manager

SmartSearch, a provider of digital compliance solutions, has appointed Ian Wright as its new...

MorganAsh integrates Inbest benefits calculator

MorganAsh has embedded the Inbest benefits calculator directly within the MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS),...

Consumer Duty Alliance Technology Forum announces operational details

Ian McKenna, chair of the Consumer Duty Alliance Technology Forum, has revealed how the...

Equity Release Council launches new post-completion comms guidance

The Equity Release Council has launched new guidance for advisers and providers to supports...

SimplyBiz’s Consumer Duty webinar programme receives over 3,000 bookings

SimplyBiz has announced an extension to its series of Consumer Duty webinars, which has...

Engagement seen as biggest area of consumer vulnerability

The capability of consumers to engage has been identified as the largest area of...

Air launches library for Consumer Duty

Air, the platform for later life lending professionals, has launched a Consumer Duty Later...

COMMENT

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...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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