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Knowledge Bank unveils Criteria Clinic

Knowledge Bank has launched the ‘Criteria Clinic’ for registered brokers. To be held on Mondays...

More2life launches first stage of Iress integration

Iress has unveiled the first part of an integration with the more2life API (application...

Mortgage Brain’s ESIS volumes greater than pre-Covid levels

Mortgage Brain has seen the proportion of ESIS generated by its sourcing systems for...

Iress and Pure Retirement team up for integration

Pure Retirement has partnered with Iress to create a streamlined sourcing-to-application journey for advisers...

Click2Check signs up two new advisory firms to Credit Assess

Click2Check has announced two new advisory practice sign-ups for its Credit Assess product, its...

Phoebus Software raises £2k for charity during lockdown

In the three months since the lockdown started, staff at Phoebus Software Ltd (PSL),...

eKeeper adds call recording to CRM

eKeeper has launched internet call recording into its flagship CRM product, allowing calls to...

Landbay adopts Lender Exchange for conveyancing

Landbay has joined the Lender Exchange in gain access to a range of conveyancing...

Next steps for Open Banking outlined in new report

A future model for how the UK’s Open Banking (OB) functions can continue and...

Loans Warehouse in secure data sharing partnership

Loans Warehouse has partnered with Credit Kudos as its Open Banking provider, to enable...

MCI Club provides Burrow integration with Knowledge Bank

MCI Club has integrated its digital broker platform Burrow into Knowledge Bank’s API in...

Lightfoots launches AI facial recognition system

Lightfoots LLP is claiming that it will be the first UK legal firm to...

Research highlights changing working practices

56% of later life lending advisers think there will be a greater reliance on...

Stonebridge adds new functionality to Revolution

Stonebridge has completed a further phase of functionality upgrades and developments to its trading...
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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

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Expat mortgage applications hampered by income verification difficulties

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