Technology

Criteria Hub to offer free version

Criteria Hub, the criteria engine for mortgage advisers, clubs and networks, is to offer...

Arkle Finance offers GDPR toolkit

Specialist lender Arkle Finance is providing brokers with help over the upcoming introduction of...

TMA unveils anti-money laundering checks

TMA Club has launched SmartSearch to improve its electronic identification checks (EID). DAs can...

Canopy partners with Humberts

Canopy has announced a new partnership with Humberts, which will increase the distribution of...

Openwork extends Mortgage Brain partnership

Openwork has extended its partnership with Mortgage Brain and will continue to provide its...

Coventry bolsters fraud defences

The Coventry Building Society has adopted a predictive analytics software service to enhance its anti-fraud...

MortgageBrain’s James Sullivan joins 360 Dot Net

360 Dot Net has announced that James Sullivan has joined the firm.  He has...

LendInvest unveils intermediary BTL calculator

LendInvest has introduced a new buy-to-let online calculator for intermediaries. The calculator is designed to...

Closing the window on cyber threats

It’s no secret that small businesses are often over-stretched with their workload. That’s the...

Alexander Hall to adopt 360 Lifecycle solution

Alexander Hall has signed a five-year deal to utilise the full 360 Lifecycle practice...

60 adviser firms add online protection comparison service

60 intermediary businesses have now added a LifeQuote-powered protection comparison service to their website, allowing clients...

Criteria Hub adds Landbay to system

Criteria Hub has expanded its lender base with Landbay becoming the latest lender whose...

CoreLogic acquires eTech Solutions

eTech Solutions Limited has announced the completion of its acquisition by CoreLogic, a global...

Knowledge Bank offers second charge criteria search

Criteria search system Knowledge Bank has announced a partnership with Loans Warehouse. Master broker Loans Warehouse...

COMMENT

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

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Click2Check adds ID verification to adviser compliance platform

Click2Check has added an identity verification service to its digital compliance platform, aimed at...

Atom points to growing near-prime hurdle for first-time buyers

First-time buyers with thin credit files or minor historic credit issues are becoming a...

Landlords move to regain possession before Renters’ Rights Act changes

Landlords stepped up possession activity in March as the 1 May implementation of the...

The Marsden appoints chief customer officer

Marsden Building Society has appointed Julia Brook as chief customer officer. Brook (pictured) will be...

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