Regulation

AMI concerned by FCA’s FOS extension

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) says it is "deeply concerned" over the Financial...

AMI expresses concern over new FCA directory

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has responded to the FCA consultation on a...

FCA fines Tesco Bank fined £16.4m for cyber security failures

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Tesco Bank £16,400,000 for failing to exercise due...

Citizens Advice super-complaint includes mortgages and GI

Citizens Advice has submitted a super-complaint to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) calling...

Not smooth sailing for FCA comparison tool development

When the FCA’s Mortgages Market Study Interim Report came out, there were a number...

Another Sunny Loans TV ad banned

Elevate Credit International, which trades as Sunny Loans, has been told by the Advertising...

FCA recruits new competition director from CMA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Sheldon Mills as its new director of...

Sunny Loans ad banned by watchdog

A Sunny Loans ad has been found to have given misleading impression that the...

Credit score provider merger referred on competition grounds

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has referred Experian’s purchase of ClearScore for an...

FCA begins crowdfunding consultation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to change to the rules for crowdfunding...

Loan directors banned for misleading customers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned four former directors and shareholders of Secure My...

“Baffling patchwork” of housing complaint schemes and routes

Ombudsman Services (OS), which is withdrawing from handling complaints in the housing and property sector next...

FCA challenged to do more to support professionalism in UK financial services

A financial services alliance with a combined global membership of 200,000 is challenging the...

FCA clarifies fairer treatment of regular premium PPI complaints

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a consultation paper on new guidance about...
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COMMENT

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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...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

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Economy

Fintel chair and TMG chief rescue Rotherham United Women

Rotherham United Women Football Club has been rescued from the brink of extinction after...
Appointments

Just Mortgages hires new area director for self-employed division

Just Mortgages has appointed Claire Jopson as area director within its self-employed division, with...
Stamp Duty

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...
News

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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