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Newcastle Intermediaries integrates with SmartrFit research tool

Newcastle Intermediaries’ has announced its integration with Legal & General’s SmartrFit affordability research tool....

OMS partners with Step One Finance

One Mortgage System (OMS) has partnered with second charge specialist lender Step One Finance...

Central Trust revamps portal & originations platform

Central Trust has improved its front-end portal and developed its own origination platform. The lender...

Phoebus trains up mental health first aiders

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has introduced mental health first aiders into its workplace for...

Lendlord integrates with property portal

Property investor platform, Lendlord has launched an integration with property portal, Property.xyz. The integration enhances...

Brokers not shopping around for affordability technology

79% of brokers admit that they did not try different affordability platforms before choosing...

Mortgage Brain unveils new COO

Cloë Atkinson has been appointed as chief operating officer (COO) of Mortgage Brain. She will...

Iress & Consectus create integration for Darlington BS

Iress and Consectus have created a robotic process automation (RPA) integration between Iress’s MSO...

PSL agrees servicing contract with Keystone

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) and Keystone have signed a four-year servicing contract. The agreement will...

Zephyr Homeloans to hold free broker BTL webinar

Zephyr Homeloans is this month hosting a free webinar for brokers on the mortgage...

Lender outlines ADP benefits in new video

A new video outlining how the lender Loans 2 Go has harnessed the benefits...

Kensington offers online remortgage portal with Koodoo

Kensington Mortgages has partnered with Koodoo to create an online remortgage portal for brokers...

Smartr365 integrates with Uinsure for home insurance

End-to-end mortgage provider, Smartr365, has expanded its offering into home insurance through a partnership...

FCA outlines online scam strategy

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it is using data to tackle online fraud...
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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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