Technology

Brokers optimistic about Open Banking potential

Bluestone Mortgages has revealed that 50% of brokers feel Open Banking will have a...

360 Dotnet integrates SmartrCriteria via 360 Lifecycle

360 Dotnet has begun a multi-stage integration of Legal & General Mortgage Club’s digital...

Bridging firm introduces Open Banking

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) has launched Open Banking as part of what it says...

Santander continues investment in mortgage smartphone app

Santander InnoVentures, Santander Group’s fintech venture capital fund, is leading an expansion funding round...

OMS and Knowledge Bank combine CRM, criteria search and sourcing

One Mortgage System (OMS), the enquiry to completion processing platform for mortgage intermediaries, has...

Pure Retirement unveils YouTube channel

Pure Retirement has launched a customer-facing YouTube channel. It is designed to provide explainer video...

SmartSearch secures growth equity investment

SmartSearch Ltd, a provider of software focused on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solutions, has received...

Connells to trial MBT Affordability

Connells Group has become the first national network of mortgage consultants to trial Mortgage...

Dock9 publishes 2019 Mortgage Playbook

Digital business solutions agency, Dock9, has issued its 2019 Mortgage Playbook, which sets out the firm's...

Vida Homeloans unveils ‘Buy to Let Hub’

Vida Homeloans has launched its new Buy to Let Hub, aimed at improving its...

Paymentshield improves API integration with Adviser Hub

Paymentshield has developed a number of APIs as it improves its Adviser Hub. The APIs...

Castle Trust revamps broker portal

Castle Trust has made major changes to its broker portal, including full online case...

OMS partners with Iress

One Mortgage System (OMS) has teamed up with Iress to expand its mortgage product...

eKeeper integration expands CRM access

The eKeeper Group, the technology provider of MortgageKeeper, has integrated its CRM solution with...

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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