Technology

New CEO at Target Group

Target Group has announced that Dr Roger Newman has been appointed as its chief...

Smartr365 agrees digital ID verification partnership

Mortgage platform, Smartr365, has signed a new exclusive partnership with Digidentity, a digital ID provider. Smartr365...

Technology having positive effect on advice firms

Financial advice firms have made major strides in improving their use of technology over...

Mortgage platform selects Open Banking partner

Digital mortgage platform Koodoo has chosen credit reference agency Credit Kudos as its Open...

Knowledge Bank adds secured loan provider to platform

Second charge lender, Evolution Money, has added its criteria to the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank...

Brightstar extends Yabber rollout

Brightstar Group has announced a further roll-out of Yabber Global's call monitoring and training...

The Skipton to integrate with APPLY in Q1 2021

TwentyTec’s APPLY module is to integrate with the Skipton Building Society’s origination platform. APPLY...

Firms not continuously testing their websites

Digital agency Dock9 has revealed that many mortgage businesses don't frequently test their websites, with 20%...

Mortgage Magic integrates iPipeline into broker proposition

Mortgage Magic's CRM and mortgage management platform has integrated a number of iPipeline’s webservice...

Advise Wise adds Street View and Maps functionality

Advise Wise has integrated Google Street View and Google Map into the Advise Wise...

Click2Check integrates with AccountScore

Click2Check has partnered with AccountScore to utilise its Open Banking platform as part of...

API developed to simplify landlords’ tax returns

Moneyhub has launched a tool to help landlords file their HMRC Self-Assessment UK property...

Aviva launches new ‘Mid-Life MOT’ app

53% of people in their mid-life have never calculated when they can afford to...

SimplyBiz Mortgages partners with Eligible

SimplyBiz Mortgages' members can now get three months free access to Eligible's personalised client...
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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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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...
networks

Mortgage network growth diverges as acquisition activity reshapes sector

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

LMS appoints Ian Robinson as permanent chief executive

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