Regulation

Provident Financial subsidiary fined £2.77m over TCF failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a fine of £2.77 million on car...

FCA appoints interim chief executive

The Treasury has appointed Christopher Woolard as interim chief executive. Woolard will take on the...

New anti-money laundering rules now in place

SmartSearch has reminded firms that they need to take action now as new rules...

First-tier Tribunal upholds decision to fine Hall and Hanley

The First-tier Tribunal has upheld a fine of £91,000 imposed on Hall and Hanley...

SMP issues SMCR guide for mortgage brokers

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has produced a good practice guide in collaboration...

Blackwell: trade associations can stave off regulation

Former FCA mortgage manager, Lynda Blackwell, told last week's ASTL Annual Conference that trade...

Insurance CEO banned for salary switch concealment

The FCA and PRA have banned and fined Stuart Malcolm Forsyth, the former CEO...

Paradigm publishes SMCR schedule document

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched a new free Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR)...

Illegal loan scheme victims urged to come forward

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called on customers who took out a loan...

Act now to be ‘SMCR ready’

TMA has warned that advisers looking to ensure that their firm is compliant with...

Paradigm’s CPD & Sales Academy marks first anniversary

Paradigm Mortgage Services is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its CPD & Sales Academy,...

FCA appoints executive director of risk and compliance oversight

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that Sheree Howard has been appointed as executive...

FCA appoints new chief economist

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Kate Collyer as its chief economist. She is...

First 4 Bridging becomes fully FCA regulated

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has reached fully regulated status with the Financial Conduct Authority...
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COMMENT

Business

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

The technology that matters doesn’t make the decision

We have a tendency when talking about mortgage technology to start with what it can automate. How many documents can it process, how quickly can...

Darrell Walker on LendInvest’s next chapter

After 35 years in banking and mortgages, the former football hopeful thought he might have found the company where he would see out his...

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Technology

Nivo revamps website with AI cost and time-saving tools for brokers

Nivo has relaunched its website with pricing and a sample case report designed to...
News

Atom bank cuts residential mortgage rates by 0.10%

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Near Prime range and most of its...
Building Societies

Melton CEO Simon Taylor awarded Honorary Fellowship

Melton Building Society chief executive Simon Taylor has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of...
Technology

Air sets October summit on AI and technology for advisers

Air will hold a one-day summit in Coventry next month focused on how advisers...

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