Regulation

FCA sets out consumer credit regulation framework

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined its vision for the regulation of consumer...

EU directive could lengthen sales process

A longer sales process could well be one of the main challenges for brokers...

FCA open to providing MMR workshop for short-term lending

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) told this week's ASTL quarterly general meeting that it...

FCA to issue discussion papers on mortgage T&Cs

Speaking at the Financial Services Expo (FSE) yesterday, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

Clydesdale Bank fine for TCF failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Clydesdale Bank £8.9 million for failing...

Bankhall launches new RCR assessment tool

Bankhall is urging firms to identify and review emerging risks within their business in...

NLA celebrates EU directive exemption

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has welcomed the decision from the European Union (EU)...

Paradigm to hold Bolton roundtable

Paradigm Mortgage Services' fifth mortgage round table event of the year will be held...

Speedy Cash ad banned

Speedy Cash, the trading style of SRC Transatlantic Ltd, has been told by the...

Vizolution publishes white paper on MMR

Vizolution has published the first in a series of white papers looking at the...

Bridger warns sector to “smarten its act up”

Too many short-term bridging lenders persist in "shady behaviour, charging exorbitant interest rates and...

Mortgage ‘mis-selling’ ad banned

Worcester-based Money Boomerang Ltd has had a television advert banned by the Advertising Standards...

Tenet backs APFA’s trail commission fears

Tenet has echoed The Association of Professional Financial Advisers’ concerns about the FCA’s stance...

FCA appoints four new supervision directors

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed four directors to lead key areas of...

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...

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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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