Technology

Fluent Mortgages integrates with Lendex

Fluent Mortgages has integrated with Lendex, the multi-lender application and submission gateway from Mortgage...

Twenty7Tec to integrate virtual assistant into CloudTwenty7

Twenty7Tec has formed a strategic partnership with Meet Parker, an Augmented Intelligence virtual assistant...

Legal & General Mortgage Club creates API integration with Kensington Mortgages

Legal & General Mortgage Club has finished an API led integration with Kensington Mortgages,...

Accord to host free digital masterclass for advisers

Accord Mortgages is offering brokers free tips and advice on how to create a...

First 4 Bridging in tech partnership with Nivo

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has partnered with Nivo to deliver a secure instant messaging...

CHL Mortgages selects BEP Systems for originations platform

CHL Mortgages has partnered with BEP Systems to provide advanced solutions for its buy-to-let...

LendingMetrics in Experian partnership

LendingMetrics is partnering with Experian to help facilitate the growth of its LMX data...

Smartr365 unveils SmartrInsight for business performance analysis

Users of Smartr365 can now analyse their business performance from the platform with the newly...

Promotion for Carruthers at Iress

Iress has promoted Steve Carruthers to the position of head of business development -...

Criteria Hub reaches 80 lender milestone

MPowered Mortgages has become the latest lender to go live on Criteria Hub. The criteria-based...

SmartrCriteria sees major rise in searches for satisfied defaults

Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool continued to deliver thousands of searches for...

Affordability Hub now integrated into MortgageBrain Classic

Users of MortgageBrain Classic will be able to source products based on affordability as...

Smartr365 expands Halifax Intermediaries integration

Smartr365 has built upon its integration with Halifax Intermediaries, enabling real-time mortgage Decision-in-Principle (DIP)...

SmartSearch moves into non-regulated market

Anti-money laundering (AML) solution provider SmartSearch has entered the non-regulated market with a new...
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If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

Only one in five of your clients thinks your fee was justified

You know the moment. 40 minutes in. Gone well. They like you, you like them, everyone's getting on. Then you have to say the fee. And...

I’m 49. My dad’s 73. Between us we’ve found the hole in later life lending

I turn 50 in December, and the marketing has already started. Funeral plans, over-50s life cover, “guaranteed acceptance” adverts wedged between the football highlights....

Buying scale was phase one. What happens next?

Mortgage distribution is in a race for scale. Capital wants market share. Consolidators want distribution. Networks want advisers. Good businesses are commanding serious valuations. If I...

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Mortgage lending availability falls as banks anticipate recovery in demand

Mortgage credit availability and demand for house purchase and remortgaging all declined during the...
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L&G broadens adviser training to cover retirement and estate planning

L&G has extended its Adviser Academy webinar programme to help financial advisers address a...
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Four in five homeowners have taken no action to protect against extreme weather

Almost eight in 10 homeowners have made no specific preparations to protect their properties...
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Expat mortgage applications hampered by income verification difficulties

Almost two-thirds of mortgage brokers identify proving overseas income and affordability as the biggest...

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