Technology

Revamp for SME insurance website

Specialist insurance comparison website Constructaquote.com has rebranded its website. The website was initially set up...

HSBC offers free in-branch wifi

HSBC has installed free wifi in branches around the UK to help its customers...

Target makes key software hire

Target Group has announced the appointment of Christian Burrell as a software account director....

The Source bolsters online payment functionality

Source Insurance has launched improved payment functionality within its quote and buy platform. The...

Online mortgage applications “set to double”

16% of homeowners applied for their current mortgage online and this is set to...

Charlbury Group updates field agent system

The Charlbury Group has unveiled its new Field Agent System that allows lenders to...

Vizolution behind Santander innovation award

Santander has won the Innovation Award 2014 for Digital Customer Solutions. The award was for...

Metro Bank launches .London site

Metro Bank has revealed its new website MetroBank.London as part of the launch of...

Tenet offers new social media service

Tenet has selected Social Advisors Ltd to provide a social media service with compliant...

Vizolution expands financial services coverage

Vizolution has launched its screen sharing solution vScreen into the pensions sector. During the Budget,...

Bridgebank Capital unveils mobile site

Bridgebank Capital has launched its new mobile website with a redeveloped application platform. The lender's...

Metro Bank unveils online mortgage portal

Metro Bank is introducing a new online mortgage portal to be used by brokers...

Paradigm to hold MMR debate via Twitter

Paradigm Mortgage Services is to use social media as a means of widening the...

Target makes key sales hire

Target Group has announced the appointment of Steve Khan as its loan servicing sales...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Bridging Soup launches major market research initiative

Bridging Soup has launched a new research initiative to build a clearer picture of...

Just one in seven homes records five years of growth

Fewer than one in seven UK homes increased in value during every year of...

Word On The Street arranges £108m of property finance in record year

Word On The Street arranged more than £108 million of property finance across 239...

Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

Beverley Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to assessing income from self-invested personal...

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