Technology

The tech revolution on the high street

From buying coffee to internet banking, online activity has a major role to play...

Mortgage Brain claims growth in all products

Mortgage Brain has reported "significant growth" across all areas of the business over...

Aviva unveils ‘fees-ability’ app

Aviva has launched its ‘Fees-ability' iPad app, which it claims will assist advisers in...

Mobile coverage affects home buying

A survey of over 2,000 UK consumers, carried out by professional network testing company...

Phoebus platform chosen by More 2 Life

Phoebus Software is to supply the IT servicing platform for equity release lender More...

Nationwide offers enhanced mte functionality

Nationwide Building Society is the first lender to adopt the Mortgage Trading Exchange’s (mte)...

Paradigm gives members bridging sourcing system

Paradigm Mortgage Services has become the first distributor to offer its members access...

CDS Group appoints BDM

CDS Group has appointed Ivan Grisedale as business development manager (BDM) for London and...

Rogue trading still alive

Of all the catastrophes banks have faced in recent years, the news of £1.4bn...

OFT reminds comparison sites over consumer clarity

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has written to 100 price comparison websites asking...

Financial services IT focussing on strategy

IT teams in financial services organisations are becoming much more strategic and this has...

Openwork app now available for Android

Openwork has launched a new version of its protection app enabling advisers to obtain...

CDS launches broker CRM system for Outlook

Client Data Systems (CDS) Group has unveiled a Microsoft Outlook-based mortgage CRM system for...

App a download hit for AFI

Abbey for Intermediaries has reported that its new iPhone app was downloaded more than...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

PROFILES