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Smartr365 appoints product engineering lead

Smartr365 has today announced the appointment of Edwin Halakooei as product engineering lead. Halakooei (pictured)...

Mortgage Broker Tools introduces BTL Affordability

Mortgage Broker Tools has launched BTL Affordability which allows brokers to research how much...

OMS adopts e-signature automation software

One Mortgage System (OMS) has chosen iPipeline’s AlphaTrust e-Sign and document automation software. It has...

Uinsure partners with Twenty7Tec

Uinsure has extended its partnership with mortgage technology firm Twenty7Tec. Users of Twenty7Tec’s CloudTwenty7 platform...

Bureaucratic backlogs boost e-verification adoption

Anti-money-laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has claimed that backlogs in issuing official ID documents such as...

Smartr365 speeds up process for eConveyancer

Mortgage technology platform Smartr365 has announced the first major development under its ‘You Ask,...

PropertyPal Mortgages partners with eKeeper

PropertyPal Mortgages, the mortgage arm of a property portal in Northern Ireland, has joined...

Virgin Money pilots first-time buyer purchase app

Virgin Money is trialling a new app designed to help first time buyers navigate...

Mortgage Brain: ESIS numbers continue recovery from Covid

Mortgage Brain has reported that the numbers of ESIS generated through its sourcing systems...

Nivo unveils broker-lender messenger service

Nivo has launched a new B2B digital messenger service following feedback from its recently...

Norton Home Loans unveils digital document process

Norton Home Loans has partnered with Freedom Finance to implement new digital secured loan...

Stonebridge releases Revolution updates

Stonebridge has completed a further number of updates and developments to its trading platform, Revolution. Users...

Mortgage Brain sees rise in product numbers continue

Mortgage Brain has reported that product numbers have continued the trend of improvement, increasing...

iPipeline introduces new protection solution

iPipeline has launched a new integrated solution that will allow advisers to view each...
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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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