Technology

Uinsure connects with OMS

One Mortgage System (OMS) has connected with Uinsure to improve its general insurance (GI)...

SimplyBiz offers members help with ‘looking the part’ online

The SimplyBiz Group has introduced a new ‘keeping up appearances’ programme, with the aim...

Mortgage Brain begins Affordability Hub rollout

Mortgage Brain is rolling out its affordability-based sourcing solution Affordability Hub following a pilot. Affordability...

Air Group partners with Knowledge Bank

Answers in Retirement Group (Air Group) has announced a new partnership with Knowledge Bank,...

Hodge launches new online intermediary services

Hodge has launched a new website and broker portal, designed to streamline the broker...

Pure Retirement revamps adviser portal

Pure Retirement has launched a new online portal which it says allows advisers to...

Twenty7Tec unveils single platform product and criteria sourcing service

Twenty7Tec has claimed to be the first technology provider to deliver product and criteria...

Click2Check launches pre-qualifying tool

Technology firm Click2Check has launched a white-label online solution for mortgage advisers to obtain...

SmartSearch unveils facial recognition feature

SmartSearch has added a new facial recognition feature to its digital anti-money-laundering (AML) platform. Due...

Knowledge Bank adds SVR list

Knowledge Bank has created an easy way to see lenders’ current SVRs. It has instigated...

UTB launches automatic ID verification sharing

United Trust Bank's ID verification information can be automatically shared with the bridging customer’s...

Phoebus Software appoints client executive

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has appointed Mark Smitheringale to the position of client executive. Smitheringale...

Hanley Economic to revamp mortgage and savings platforms

The Hanley Economic Building Society has partnered with DPR to initiate an overhaul of...

Twenty7Tec appoints UX design partner

Twenty7Tec has selected digital business solutions agency, Dock9, as its user experience (UX) design...

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...

Latest news

LSL appoints Matt Surridge to new broker propositions role

LSL Financial Services has appointed Matt Surridge as propositions director, a newly created position...

BMPAN introduces industry framework to tackle barriers to career progression

The Black Mortgage Professionals and Allies Network (BMPAN) has launched a new framework aimed...

Scottish BS and Malted AI recognised for customer service technology

Scottish Building Society and Edinburgh-based fintech Malted AI have won the Best Fintech Collaboration...

45,000 Lifetime ISA savers hit by repeated withdrawal penalties

Around 45,000 Lifetime ISA savers incurred more than one withdrawal penalty during the 2024-25...

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