Regulation

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued draft guidance on a new power that allows it to move faster to remove regulatory permissions that...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

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...

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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