Regulation

FCA to look at time limit for complaints

In its 2014/15 business plan published this morning, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ...

More 2 Life offers MMR webinars

Equity release lender More 2 Life is holding a series of webinars ahead of...

Advisers optimistic about MMR

91% of mortgage advisers feel they are either prepared or very prepared for the...

£12.4m FCA fine for Santander UK

Santander UK Plc has been fined £12,377,800 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after...

Precise outlines MMR status

Precise Mortgages has published a statement of its Mortgage Market Review (MMR) readiness. The specialist...

MMR: just one month to go

There is now just one month to go until the Mortgage Market Review (MMR)...

The Leeds doesn’t expect MMR impact

The Leeds Building Society expects minimal impact to intermediaries as it prepares for...

Interim permissions vital, says packager

Secured loan packager V Loans has warned brokers that even though they might have...

SFI reveals MMR-compliant platform plans

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) has confirmed the refresh of its Introducer Internet mortgage platform...

Intelliflo offers free MMR preparation checklist

Intelliflo, a provider of web-based software for the financial services sector, has today released...

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...

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

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

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

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

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

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

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

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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