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IRESS software to power new Accord platform

The Yorkshire Building Society Group has selected IRESS to deliver a new online mortgage...

Fintech ambassador confirmed for Finance Professional Show

The Prime Minister’s business ambassador for fintech, Alastair Lukies CBE, has been confirmed as...

FCA fines Tesco Bank fined £16.4m for cyber security failures

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined Tesco Bank £16,400,000 for failing to exercise due...

Tucker becomes CEO as Twenty7Tec expands SMT

Twenty7Tec has made a series of internal promotions, as well as external hires as...

Mortgage Brain makes three new sales appointments

Mortgage Brain has expanded its sales team with three new appointments. Josh Christie, Kosta Kostadinov...

Lendco to use BEP Systems’ origination software

BEP Systems is to provide Lendco with origination software for commercial mortgages, buy-to-let and...

Legal & General partners with GrowthEnabler

Legal & General has announced a new strategic partnership with GrowthEnabler, the platform which...

MFB refreshes website

Mortgages for Business has announced the launch of its new look web site at www.mortgagesforbusiness.co.uk. The...

MortgageGym completes £3.8m funding round

Mortgage robo-adviser MortgageGym has completed a funding round of £3.8m from investors, including LSL...

New website for SortRefer

Online conveyancing broker portal SortRefer has relaunched its web site. It is now responsive, meaning...

FCA comparison tool criticised by trade bodies

The intention by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to deliver a broker assessment/comparison tool...

Clear your desks on Friday, says Brightstar

Brightstar Financial is calling on brokers to clear their desks of problem cases this...

Technology and the ‘frictionless mortgage’ theme for L&G conference

The Legal & General Mortgage Club has now announced the 2018 Mortgage Club Autumn Conference,...

Trio of new data partners for BEP Systems

Mortgage origination software firm BEP Systems is working with three new data partners to...

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Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

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Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has announced reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points on selected...

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...

Co-operative Bank in sub-4% mortgage arena following rate cuts 

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, bringing...