Regulation

FCA starts social media use consultation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a consultation which is intended to...

FCA to go further than FPC recommendations on LTI limits?

The Financial Conduct Authority has published its latest consultation on implementing loan-to-income (LTI) limits on new mortgages from...

Trio of payday loan ads banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned three payday loan adverts following a complaint...

£105m FCA fine for Lloyds Banking Group

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Lloyds Bank plc and Bank of Scotland...

Petition shows support for ‘fair liability’

Tenet’s e-petition calling for ‘fair liability for financial advice’ attracted just short of 7,000...

FOS appoints chief ombudsman and chief executive

The board of the Financial Ombudsman Service has appointed Caroline Wayman as chief ombudsman...

Mortgage approvals on the rise again

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has reported that mortgage approval volumes recovered slightly in...

Banking competition not working

The Competition and Markets Authority is to launch an investigation into the big five...

FCA find GI comparison sites fall short

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that some price comparison websites operating in...

The Property Ombudsman to revise code

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme will be issuing revised Codes of Practice for sales...

Payday lender to refund £700k+ to customers

Following a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), payday lender Dollar has voluntarily...

More advisers turning to secured loans since MMR

Y3S Loans has reported a notable increase in interest for its products from mortgage...

Ads banned over representative APR failings

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld two complaints against a loans provider. Bury St Edmunds...

Lenders “taking forever” since MMR

85% of brokers and IFAs recently surveyed believe it is more difficult to get...
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COMMENT

Comment

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...
Technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...
Building Societies

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...
Cover

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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