Regulation

FCA wants GI add-ons market remedied

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing a shake-up of the £1bn general insurance...

Adviser confidence grows year-on-year

86% of financial advisers are more confident of the prospects for their firm...

Openwork goes on the road

Openwork is hosting a series of mortgage, protection and general insurance road shows across...

Payday lender has CCL suspended

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has suspended the consumer credit licence of Micro...

SimplyBiz Group launches Vision for Mortgages site

The SimplyBiz Group has launched a new website for member firms to trade...

AMI pleased with FCA’s consumer credit stance

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now confirmed that where a mortgage broker...

FCA to keynote at Paradigm’s pre-MMR roundtable

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be delivering...

Firms making progress with arrears management, says regulator

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reported that firms have improved their mortgage arrears...

SimplyBiz pushes improved structured CPD offering

SimplyBiz Group has delivered over 100 hours of structured Continuing Professional Development (CPD)...

Costly arrears refund bill for the Yorkshire

Yorkshire Building Society Group (YBS) is to refund all administration fees for mortgage arrears...

MMR run-in behind monthly home loan growth?

Monthly home loans have risen between December and January for the first time in...

£30m fine for HomeServe

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its largest ever retail fine of £30,647,400...

Visuals needed for MMR says Vizolution

Introducing visuals to the sales process could be the answer to getting the right...

Debt firms have CCLs withdrawn by regulator

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has refused to renew the consumer credit licences...

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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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CHL Mortgages expands into 80% LTV buy-to-let lending

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has entered the 80% loan-to-value (LTV) space with a new...

Stagg Mortgage Services appoints Paul Lewis as growth director

Stagg Mortgage Services has appointed Paul Lewis as its new growth director as part...

HLPartnership adds Handelsbanken to lender panel

HLPartnership has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel as part of its ongoing strategy...

FCA warns consumers over ineffective credit builder products

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that many credit builder products fail to...

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