Technology

Burrow unveils digital customer on-boarding platform

Burrow has launched a new on-boarding service for mortgage lenders, allowing a mortgage lender to...

20th partnership for Loans Warehouse loan API

Loans Warehouse has announced the 20th partnership for its personal loan API, which provides...

Paragon adds new features to intermediary portal

Paragon has introduced the second phase of its intermediary portal, adding new features to...

Mortgage Broker Tools adds trio of lenders to platform

Mortgage Broker Tools has added three new lenders to MBT Affordability - the Saffron,...

Central Bridging now available on Knowledge Bank

Having worked closely with both Connect for Intermediaries and Knowledge Bank in recent weeks, Central...

Freedom Finance and Optimum Credit use identity passporting service

Clients applying for a second charge mortgage with Optimum Credit via Freedom Finance can...

147% rise in annual Criteria Hub searches

Over 817,000 searches were carried out on Mortgage Brain’s Criteria Hub last year, an...

BFS beefs up cyber security

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has worked with cyber security firm, Xyone, and has undertaken...

Twenty7Tec and Mortgage Broker Tools partner for sourcing and affordability

Twenty7Tec has integrated MBT Affordability from Mortgage Broker Tools into its CloudTwenty7 platform. This...

Masthaven unveils short-term lending broker portal

Masthaven has launched its online Broker Portal for its short-term lending division. The bank says...

UTB extends facial ID verification to bridging customers

United Trust Bank has extended the use of its electronic ‘facial recognition’ ID verification...

Mortgage Magic to offer free CRM for small brokerages

Mortgage Magic, which launched its CRM and mortgage management platform earlier this month, is...

Eligible.ai creates advisory board

Eligible.ai has assembled a new advisory board, comprised of mortgage industry figures. Eligible says it...

Conveyancing firm unveils mobile app

Solicitors Rowlinsons has become one of the first law firms to launch a bespoke...

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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Badenoch pledges no IHT or stamp duty on family homes

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

RICS: Housing market recovery falters as buyer demand weakens

The UK housing market lost momentum in September as rising interest rate expectations weighed...

Cost pressures hold back demand for energy-efficient home upgrades

More than a third of Britons want to improve the energy efficiency of their...

TPFG buys 25% stake in property and mortgage AI business Enteka

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has taken a 25% stake in Enteka AI as...

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