Regulation

FCA wants ban on debt packager referral fees

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued proposals banning debt packager firms from being...

Stonebridge’s CAR performs 800k checks in first six months

Stonebridge has announced its Check, Action & Resolve (CAR) system has surpassed over 800,000 checks...

AMI’s concerns remain despite FSCS levy reduction

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy forecast for next year has been reduced...

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued draft guidance on a new power that allows it to move faster to remove regulatory permissions that...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

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....

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Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

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

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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