Regulation

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...

Sesame integrates with the Key and GBG’s EIDV checks

Sesame Network has exclusively integrated with the Key, Mortgage Brain’s CRM system and GBG,...

Insecure hosting could lead to GDPR breaches

Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch has warned many businesses may be at risk of being...
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Conveyancing

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

AI for brokers: the three lines you should never cross

Most AI advice aimed at advisers is either breathless hype or vague caution. Here is something you can actually act on: a practical way...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

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Advice boosts women’s confidence in long-term financial planning

Women are more likely to manage household finances than longer-term wealth decisions, although financial...
Conveyancing

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated...
News

Mortgage rates have surged since Brexit vote, says L&C

The cost of borrowing has risen sharply in the decade since the UK voted...
Building Societies

Accord trims rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

Accord Mortgages is reducing rates across its residential and buy-to-let product ranges for the...

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