Technology

Pepper Money now on Affordability Hub

Pepper Money has become the latest lender to go live on Mortgage Brain's Affordability...

Mortgage Broker Tools unveils analytics functionality

Mortgage Broker Tools has launched MBT Analytics to provide lenders with live insights into...

Knowledge Bank to appear at FIBA conference

Knowledge Bank will be appearing at the Financial Intermediary and Broker Association’s (FIBA) annual...

Phoebus and Pure Retirement extend partnership

Pure Retirement and Phoebus Software Limited have agreed a new contract. The equity release provider...

International tech firm acquires Dock9

MagiClick has acquired financial services digital agency Dock9. MagiClick is a provider of digital technology...

A matter of control

If we learned one thing in 2020 it’s that there will always be things...

Dozens of lenders sign up for Mortgage Brain service report

Mortgage Brain has revealed that nearly 40 lenders are now supplying updates through its...

Knowledge Bank sees shake-up in criteria searches

Knowledge Bank has reported a change in criteria searches in December. The largest change last...

eKeeper unveils new CRM system for lenders

eKeeper has launched a new customer relationship management (CRM) system for lenders, called Intermediary...

OMS integrates with Oplo

One Mortgage System (OMS) has completed a full integration with second charge lender Oplo....

MBT Affordability being used by 3,000 new brokers

Over 3,000 new advisers now have access to MBT Affordability through their mortgage clubs...

Avamore Capital integrates with Nivo

Avamore Capital has continued to digitise its end-to-end lending process with the integration of...

LendInvest uses Salesforce for bridging originations

LendInvest has unveiled a cloud-based application for customers seeking short-term lending products. The new...

The Ipswich’s products now on Affordability Hub

Mortgage Brain's Affordability Hub is now featuring products from the Ipswich Building Society. Affordability...

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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Air and Mortgage Brain link sourcing platforms to widen later life lending options

Air and Mortgage Brain have agreed a collaboration designed to help mortgage advisers assess...

Mortgage network growth diverges as acquisition activity reshapes sector

Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions and HL Partnership have recorded some of the largest increases in...

LMS appoints Ian Robinson as permanent chief executive

LMS has appointed Ian Robinson as its permanent chief executive, four months after he...

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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