Technology

L&G invests in mortgage intermediary software service

Legal & General’s fintech is making a £3 million investment in Smartr365, a software...

How can technology be used to meet rising demand for equity release?

The equity release market has experienced huge levels of growth in the last few...

Lenders commit to new Lendex gateway

Nine lenders have agreed to accept digital mortgage transactions via Lendex, Mortgage Brain’s digital...

Metro Bank extends Open Banking offering

Metro Bank has launched its developer portal, which opens up the bank’s platform to FCA-registered...

Knowledge Bank offers API to third parties

Knowledge Bank has launched its application programming interface (API). The API will allow lenders, networks,...

LendInvest and Onfido partner to expedite buy-to-let ID checks

LendInvest and identity verification provider Onfido have announced a partnership designed to streamline LendInvest’s...

SMG makes Lenderlink API available to all

All second charge mortgage packagers are now able to register for a free Lenderlink...

OMS launches the first two-way DIP integration with Kent Reliance

One Mortgage System (OMS) has become the first to fully integrate with Kent Reliance...

Capital Home Loans now live on Phoebus servicing

Capital Home Loans (CHL) has migrated to the Phoebus servicing platform. The implementation includes...

New online hub unveiled by Paymentshield

Paymentshield has introduced its new Adviser Hub, which is designed to provide advisers with...

John Charcol adopts Criteria Hub platform

Criteria Hub, the self-styled 'deep search' criteria engine, is the provide John Charcol's DA...

Knowledge Bank launches ‘World Cup special’

Knowledge Bank, the broker criteria search system, has launched a World Cup special, offering...

Technology should cut down “horrendous” paper trail

Brokers attending yesterday's FSE Wales exhibition heard that the increased use of technology solutions,...

DPR Group acquires online mortgage broker

Mortgage technology provider DPR has acquired online mortgage broker Burrow. The move follows on from...

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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...