Technology

The Darlington to bolster social media presence

Darlington Building Society is looking to improve customer communications via social media. The mutual continues...

MiLoanbroker hits 6,000 user mark

MiLoanbroker.com, the free secured loans sourcing system from Y3S Loans, has registered over 6,000...

Target Group appoints CFO

Target Group has announced the appointment of Ian Larkin as chief financial officer...

Pancredit introduces electronic signature solution

Pancredit has launched an electronic signature solution designed to improve point of sale (POS)...

SortRefer improves website functionality

SortRefer has made changes to its website. Firstly, a tool has been added to remind...

Another huge fine for RBS

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, National...

We Buy Any House ad found to mislead

We Buy Any House has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that...

Brits doing smartphone finance in the small hours

36% of UK adults admit to using the internet or a mobile app to...

Hampshire Trust Bank partners with Phoebus Software

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has migrated all of its customers’ savings and deposit accounts...

Fleet Mortgages launches website

Fleet Mortgages has launched its new website at www.fleetmortgages.co.uk. The new website contains information...

Proposed FCA social media rules “unrealistic”

  PR agency chiefs have rebuffed proposals that clients should be obliged to sign-off social...

Consumers don’t want insurers checking social media

There is a lack of awareness about the information sources insurers can use, with...

EDM Group completes post-xit2 acquisition rebrand

EDM Group (EDM) has rebranded its online property data network as EDM Mortgage Support...

Panacea Adviser revamps mobile website

Panacea Adviser has launched a mobile version of its website, which is compatible with...

COMMENT

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Latest news

Ireland boosts Help to Buy as UK prepares new first-time buyer scheme

Ireland has increased the maximum support available to first-time buyers under its Help to...

Reeves ranked least successful of five recent chancellors in poll

Rachel Reeves has been rated the least successful of the past five chancellors in...

Teachers for Intermediaries raises new-build LTV limit to 95%

Teachers for Intermediaries has increased its maximum LTV on new-build houses and flats to...

Cambridge BS opens applications for deposit-building Rent to Home scheme

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its Rent to Home property in...

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