Regulation

Lloyds Banking Group fined over delayed PPI redress

The FSA has fined three Lloyds Banking Group firms a total of £4,315,000 for...

Lettings market under OFT microscope

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published a report which identifies several consumer...

FSA wins High Court case against land banking firm

The FSA has secured what it has hailed as a "key victory" in...

Tenet unveils RMAR reporting software

Directly authorised (DA) firms are being offered software to meet the new Retail Mediation...

RBS total Libor punishment revealed

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc has been fined a total of around £390...

RBS Libor fine expected today

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has confirmed it is in late-stage settlement discussions...

RICS wants regulation of lettings agents

In calling for the compulsory regulation of lettings agents, RICS believes it could, when...

Tenet disappointed by FSCS funding consultation

Following the publication of the FSA’s recent CP13/1 consultation paper on future FSCS funding,...

Full FSA review of interest rate swap mis-selling

The FSA has confirmed that Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS will start the full...

Fine for Leicester estate agent over money laundering failures

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has fined Leicester-based IPS Estate Agents Limited £11,844...

Regulators publish guidance over new payment protection products

The FSA and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) have jointly published final guidance...

Sheila Nicoll to leave the FSA

The FSA's conduct business unit director of policy, Sheila Nicoll, is to leave...

Two new non-executive directors join the FSCS board

The FSA has appointed two new non-executive directors to the Board of the Financial...

Regulator consults further on FSCS funding

The FSA has confirmed new rules designed to secure funding for the Financial...

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Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

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...

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Movera launches specialist KYC team to speed up property transactions

Movera has established a new dedicated Know Your Client (KYC) team to handle source...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape...

HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Zephyr Homeloans cuts rates across core buy-to-let offering

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage provider Zephyr Homeloans has unveiled fresh rate reductions across its standard...

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