Technology

TMA extends Eligible.ai partnership

TMA has announced the extension of its partnership with Eligible.ai to offer its members...

The Leeds appoints new head of architecture

The Leeds Building Society has appointed Tom Fell as its new head of architecture. Fell...

Connells Group partners with MBT Affordability

Connells Group is making MBT Affordability available to all its mortgage advisers. MBT Affordability provides...

Air Group unveils new version of platform

Answers in Retirement Group (Air Group) has launched a new version of its Air Sourcing...

Phoebus Software appoints new COO  

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has appointed Mehran Radfar to be its new chief operating...

New OMS users get free Knowledge Bank licence

One Mortgage System (OMS) is now offering a free Knowledge Bank licence for every...

Habito launches new intermediary portal

Habito has unveiled a new intermediary portal that allows selected brokers quick access to...

TMA unveils free CRM solution

TMA has launched Toolbox Lite, a free version of the Club’s customer relationship management...

Paymentshield extends Quick Quote capability

Paymentshield has partnered with LexisNexis Risk Solutions, to expand the capabilities of its Quick...

OMS unveils Iress Lender Connect integration

One Mortgage System (OMS) has partnered with Iress to provide CRM to online applications...

BEP Systems upgrades client borrower portals

Mortgage and savings origination software house, BEP Systems, has developed the functionality of borrower...

Phoebus servicing solution reaches £60bn of AUM 

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has revealed that the balances of loans and savings serviced...

NHBC launches free virtual training for housebuilding industry

NHBC, the warranty and insurance provider for new homes in the UK, has launched...

Knowledge Bank expands Covid-19 feed

Knowledge Bank has added second charges and bridging to its Covid-19 live feed as...

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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Keystone’s Phil Riches to retire after 50 years in financial services

Phil Riches is to retire as sales director of Keystone Property Finance later this...

SDKA raises title indemnity insurance limit to £250,000

SDKA has increased the maximum loan size eligible for its title indemnity insurance policy...

Buckinghamshire BS revises mortgage rates across seven lending categories

Buckinghamshire Building Society has increased rates on several three-year fixed mortgages as part of...

Badenoch pledges no IHT or stamp duty on family homes

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to remove inheritance tax from family homes and scrap stamp...

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