Regulation

Paradigm releases latest MMR planning update

Paradigm Mortgage Services has published the latest instalment in a series of updates designed...

Phones 4u insurance intermediary slapped with multimillion pound fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Policy Administration Services Limited (PAS) £2,834,700 for...

Competition Commission to investigate payday lending sector

The Office of Fair Trading will today refer the payday loan industry to the...

MMR focus of next Paradigm round table

Paradigm Mortgage Services' fourth mortgage round table event of the year will provide attendees...

Making light work of the MMR

As mortgage availability improves and last year’s concerns over the threat of dual pricing...

Sale & rent back arranger gets largest ever sole trader fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined sale and rent back arranger Gurpreet Singh...

Payday lender rapped for text messages

First Financial (UK) Ltd, trading as FirstPayDayLoanUk, has had three 'issues' upheld against it...

OFT suspends a credit licence for the first time

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has today suspended, with immediate effect, the consumer...

Solvency II could scupper equity release

Those of us that work in the equity release industry are fully aware of...

APFA wants FCA to rethink its fee proposals

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority’s...

MAB hires compliance chief

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has appointed Stewart Baker as its new compliance director. He...

Huge fine for Sesame over advice failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Sesame Limited (Sesame) £6,031,200 for two sets...

Calls for FCA to streamline demands on advisers

Adviser firms spend on average 24 hours each over the course of a year...

Decidedly un-peachy verdict on payday loan ad

A payday lender has been told not to repeat one of its radio adverts...
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Clydesdale Bank raises fixed mortgage rates across core and specialist ranges

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Growth in online auctions reshaping UK property market

The UK property auction market is being rapidly transformed by digital platforms, with record...
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