Technology

Twenty7Tec integrates WhenFresh property data & valuation range

Twenty7Tec has integrated with WhenFresh, a provider of aggregated property data solutions, allowing users...

Dashly starts next phase of broker rollout programme

Dashly has announced the rollout of its dashboard for firms. The sales accelerator tool for brokers...

Mortgage Brain creates bespoke API with Bath BS

Mortgage Brain has delivered a new, bespoke API for the Bath Building Society which...

Primis and Eligible in retention partnership

Primis Mortgage Network and Eligible.ai have agreed a new partnership to provide the network’s...

New mortgage lender to use Target’s Mortgage Hub

Target Group has secured fintech mortgage lender, Perenna, as the first client of its...

360 Dotnet and Twenty7Tec extend integration to improve fact find

360 Dotnet and Twenty7Tec have further developed their integration, allowing the communication of data...

Harpenden BS criteria now provided by Mortgage Brain

Mortgage Brain has announced an extension of its partnership with the Harpenden Building Society,...

SimplyBiz Mortgages members to have MBT Affordability access

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) and SimplyBiz Mortgages have announced a partnership to provide the...

OMS to use Nivo facial recognition ID verification service

One Mortgage System (OMS) has partnered with Nivo, a secure mobile messaging platform to...

Halifax Intermediaries added to Twenty7Tec’s APPLY module

Twenty7Tec has announced that Halifax Intermediaries has been added to its APPLY module. Following a...

Two senior appointments at Dashly

Mortgage switching platform Dashly has appointed former investment banker Salma Kalisvaart as its chief operating...

LendingMetrics welcomes new hires

Decisioning technology provider LendingMetrics has made a number of new appointments. The business, which offers...

Central Trust now live on Criteria Hub

Criteria Hub, the criteria-based sourcing solution from mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain, is now...

50% headcount growth for SmartSearch in six months

Anti-money laundering solution provider SmartSearch has reported over 50% growth in its team over...

COMMENT

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...

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...

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...

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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