Regulation

FCA to study PPI complaint trends

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to gather evidence on current trends in Payment...

Short-term lender rapped over ‘trivial’ Xmas ad

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a website ad by Glasgow-based Stop Go...

Sesame Bankhall Group to hold national mortgage conference

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has announced a new national conference for mortgage advisers. The...

AMI backs Treasury EU directive implementation

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has welcomed the Treasury's response to last year's...

Two banned over Libor fixing scandal

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined and banned two former senior executives of...

Tribunal upholds the FCA decision over Arch Financial Products

The Upper Tribunal (Tribunal) has upheld the decision of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

Brokers need seconds regulation clarification

A master broker has claimed that mortgage brokers need more clarification from the Financial...

New fixed rates from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has launched new two and five-year fixed rate mortgages today. The...

2015: what cards are in the regulatory deck?

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”...

CML publishes concerns over European MCD

In its response to the Financial Conduct Authority's consultation on implementing the European Mortgage...

Payday loan cap takes effect

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new rules for the high cost short term credit...

Tenet to expand its master class programme

Attendances at Tenet’s 2014 training & development events have risen by over 30% following...

Govt recommendations to strengthen enforcement decisions

The government has published a series of recommendations to help the Financial Conduct Authority...

Debt management firm to pay redress to 4,500 customers

Debt management firm Harrington Brooks will voluntarily pay over £185,000 in redress to over...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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Skipton brings brokers and developers together to drive sustainable housing agenda

Skipton Building Society has brought together brokers, developers, and sustainability specialists at its head...

Foundation Home Loans expands residential range and cuts rates

Foundation Home Loans has announced a series of rate reductions and product enhancements across...

ColCap and Molo complete £300m buy-to-let securitisation

ColCap Financial and digital mortgage lender Molo have completed their second securitisation under the...

West Brom cuts mortgage rates to aid first-time buyers and remortgagers

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its core two-year and three-year mortgage...

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