Technology

Carlyle to acquire intelliflo from Invesco in $200m deal

Global investment group Carlyle has agreed to acquire intelliflo, the London-based provider of cloud-based...

Jitty launches mortgage-linked budget calculator with L&C

Jitty, the AI-driven homebuying platform, has teamed up with L&C Mortgages to launch what...

PEXA unveils full digital platform in UK

The Australian fintech PEXA is set to launch its full digital conveyancing platform to...

Barclays streamlines residential mortgage system for brokers

Barclays has overhauled its residential mortgage application system for intermediaries, promising a quicker and...

Precise marks first anniversary of broker app

Precise, part of the OSB Group, is celebrating the first anniversary of its broker...

VPN loopholes could let fraudsters slip through mortgage checks

The UK’s new Online Safety Act has triggered a boom in VPN usage that...

Iress UK delivers double-digit earnings growth in strong half-year

Iress has reported a robust first half of 2025, with its UK business delivering...

e4 Strategic joins OPDA to back smarter property data sharing

Digital solutions provider e4 Strategic has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to...

Q&A: Simon Slater, e4 Strategic

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Simon Slater, CEO of e4 Strategic. Mortgage Soup (MS):...

SortRefer posts record-breaking July as broker demand surges

SortRefer, the Derby-based conveyancing and legal services platform, has reported its strongest month on...

Experian partners with Sikoia to automate income and employment verification

Experian has joined forces with verification platform Sikoia in a bid to circumvent the...

AI fuels record surge in identity fraud

Criminals are exploiting artificial intelligence to forge documents, create synthetic identities and bypass verification...

Fignum appoints Steve Carruthers as growth director to accelerate next phase of expansion

Mortgage technology specialist Fignum has appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its intent...

Atom Bank strengthens tech leadership to accelerate product growth

Atom Bank has announced a wave of senior internal promotions within its technology team,...

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

Net zero rules targeted in housebuilding shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged to strip as much as £50,000 from the cost of...

Tories put stamp duty abolition at heart of housing shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged again to scrap stamp duty as part of a housing...

Target Group adds Carla Stent to board

Target Group has appointed Carla Stent as a non-executive director, adding further financial services,...

Later life lending summit to focus on changing advice needs

Mortgage advisers will be encouraged to consider how longer borrowing lives and increasingly complex...

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