The cost of living crisis threatens the Christmases of 11m Britons as concerns over energy prices prompt them to cancel or abandon plans.1 According to smart...

House prices fell 1.4% in a month – the biggest monthly fall since June 2020. They’re up 4.4% in the year to October – down from 7.2% in September....

Having enough money is more important to the majority of the UK’s over-50s than their health or spending time with their families, a new survey has revealed....

IncomeMax has partnered with Vanquis, part of PFG, to launch a new online platform to offer customers digital access to one-to-one, expert advice to help...

“Consumer credit volumes remained suppressed in October with the £800m of new borrowing well below the previous six-month average of £1.3 billion. “This...

“A fall in mortgage approvals and an increase in consumer credit shows that housing has fallen down the list of priorities as the rising cost of living...

While evidence shows that many people are turning to credit in order to pay for essentials, concerns are growing that consumers may be diversifying which forms...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has been ranked amongst the UK’s 50 fastest growing technology companies in the prestigious 2022 Deloitte UK...

11% of homes have had their price cut by more than 5% since September, and one in four (25%)  have had some sort of cut over this period. Demand has plummeted...

81% of people in their 30s and 40s are worried about the cost of living – compared with 76% overall. 51% of them are spending less on food and essentials...

eConveyancer has launched a panel management partnership with The Right DA Club. The agreement will provide Directly Authorised brokers working for The Right...

This Christmas is set to bring back memories of World War II. Some items, such as turkeys and eggs, are being rationed because of bird flu and an authoritarian...

Wage growth in professional and scientific (such as legal services, management, engineering and scientific research) sat at 10.1% between July-September 2022....

In light of today’s news of Ofgem claiming that energy suppliers are failing struggling customers, Jayne Gardner, Partner at Shakespeare Martineau said:...

Following the latest release of the HMRC monthly property transaction figures, Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore, said:...

Following the latest HMRC property transaction figures this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software’s chief sales and marketing officer, says: “The...

Property sales (non-seasonally adjusted) were 110,850 – up 29% in the year to October. This needs to be seen in the context of the fact that September...

Commenting on the FCA’s credit information study released this morning, Emma Steeley, CEO of Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending...

A new independent survey of 2,000 UK adults has revealed how the cost of living is shifting the bank-customer relationship. It found: Over half (54%) are...

Mortgage veteran David Finlay has joined LiveMore Capital as an executive consultant and member of the senior executive team. Finlay has been brought in on a...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement has gone some way to reverse the collapse in investor and consumer confidence created by previous Chancellor Kwasi...

“Today was a missed opportunity. Five months ago, the government announced its commitment to reform the outdated Consumer Credit Act, which has been on the...

StepChange Debt Charity has reacted to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. The measures announced to support households in receipt of means-tested benefits...

In response to today’s Autumn Statement, the Money Advice Trust has welcomed the Chancellor’s commitment to increase benefits with inflation and provide...

“We are pleased to hear that the Chancellor has decided to raise Universal Credit and other ‘legacy’ benefits in line with inflation in...

Jeremy Hunt announced that the stamp duty cut would be reversed in 2025. At that point, the nil rate threshold will be cut from £250,000 to £125,000. The nil...

“The budget may seem like a non-event where the housing market was concerned with stamp duty and planning remaining the same. However, it was arguably just...

Following the chancellor’s Autumn Statement and the news of significant tax rises and spending cuts, Andrew Gething, managing director of MorganAsh said:...

The Chancellor has announced that 600,000 more people on Universal Credit will need to meet with a work coach. Melanie Wilkes, Head of Research at the Work...

The Chancellor announced that councils can raise tax by 5% without holding a referendum (3% plus an additional 2% if they have social care responsibilities)....

The current energy price guarantee scheme will continue from April – at the higher level of £3,000 a year. There will be additional lump sums: £900 for...

“We welcome the action from the Chancellor to protect people on benefits and state pensions, but the reality is that thousands of people up and down the UK...

Inflation still causing jitters as retail sales in US indicate rate hikes not yet denting overall consumer appetite. Price spiral and high interest rates is...

Leading mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services, has grown broker numbers by 80% so far this year.  This incredible statistic for the...

Selina Finance has enhanced its product offering, introducing its new Homeowner Loan and a Status 1 adverse plan alongside its existing flexible Home Equity...

1.7 million people across the UK are borrowing from high-cost lenders in order to pay off existing debts, according to research from responsible lender,...

New research commissioned by Herbalife Nutrition has revealed that nearly half of Brits (45%) say that paying their bills is currently their biggest personal...

The latest research by property purchasing specialist, House Buyer Bureau, has revealed that increasing mortgage rates are now likely to see the average annual...

Market analysis from Ocasa, the specialist rental platform, reveals that almost 280,000 UK rental properties, with a combined market value of £82.7 billion,...

The latest statistics released today by the ONS on earnings and unemployment show that: The rate of annual pay growth for total pay was 6.0%, and the annual...

MagiClick has been appointed by Precise Mortgages, (part of leading specialist bank OSB Group) to create and deliver a website designed to enhance and improve...

The latest market analysis by mortgage experts, Revolution Brokers, has revealed that despite recent turbulence following a string of base rate increases, the...

National brokerage Just Mortgages is set to welcome its biggest ever academy intake in November, with 23 applicants starting their journey to become fully...

New research from specialist lender Hodge has found 88% of British householders are concerned about the rising cost of energy. And, when asked if they have...

Loughborough Building Society has extended lending criteria across its residential, buy-to-let and shared ownership product range with the addition of flats to...

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services (Access FS), is about to run its next academy to help bring new people into the mortgage industry. ...

House price growth stalled in October – after rising for 28 months in a row. In some areas, prices were falling – including the South East and East Anglia....

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 4% in September 2022 compared with...

With the cost of living crisis, rising interest rates and proposed tax changes, our personal finances are currently a topic of daily public debate. Why, then,...

Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces and embedded finance providers, is adding nine credit cards offered by American Express...

In October, prices were down 0.4% in a month to an average of £292,598. This is the third drop in four months. It’s also the biggest since February 2021....

NewDay, a leading digital consumer credit business in the UK, has today released its financial results for the nine months ended 30 September 2022 and its...

Nine million people across the UK have no savings and another five million have less than £100, according to new research from the Money and Pensions Service...

Brokers say that more than a quarter of their landlord clients plan to sell properties as a result of the current Buy to Let environment, according to research...

Yesterday’s news from The Bank of England raising interest rates by 3% will have a huge impact on consumers, especially as costs continue to rise and...

StepChange Debt Charity supports and recognises the themes picked up in today’s key findings report from the Financial Conduct Authority on borrowers in...

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee has today voted to increase interest rates to 3 percent, a rise of 0.75 percentage points. Research recently...

“The fact that today’s interest rate decision comes in the midst of Pension Awareness Week should not be understated. In the current climate of raging...

“The hikes are getting bigger. This is the single largest rise in interest rates since October 1989 and it will have devastating consequences for both...

Following the Bank of England’s decision to raise interest rates for the eighth time in a row from 2.25% to 3.0%, John Phillips, national operations director...

Today’s Bank of England rate hike, a 0.75% increase which takes the base rate to 3%, places mounting pressure on homeowners coming to the end of their...

“We were expecting a base rate rise of 0.75%, the biggest rise in 33 years, taking it to 3%, a rate last seen back in November 2008. “This year we have...

Following the Bank of England’s announcement of a 0.75% rate rise today, StepChange Debt Charity says that mortgage holders on variable rates, and those...

Following the interest rate decision today, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software chief sales and marketing officer, says “Today’s increase may be the biggest...

Millions of people in the UK are suffering from “application anxiety” following a declined credit application according to new research from Freedom...

Zurich – additiv, a leading embedded finance provider, today publishes the results of a recent survey in a new, in-depth report: Understanding the...

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has appointed two new people to its Advisory Group. Bernie Hickman, Chief Executive of Legal & General Retail and...

As Rishi Sunak completes his first seven days in office, new research has revealed that only one-in-five British people feel more confident about their...

The latest research by Alliance Fund, the end to end real estate fund, suggests that should the property market continue to stutter, the nation’s rental...

The latest gauge of property market performance by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed which postcodes are home to the most impressive...

“At the recent Money 20/20 event, Rohit Chopra, Director of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) made a speech discussing the US’s aim to...

MorganAsh, the leading support services provider, and Moneyhub, the market leading Open Finance, Open Data, and payments platform, are working together to...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has created a new surveyor role – Residential...

eConveyancer has launched a panel management partnership with In Partnership, which incorporates The On-Line Partnership Limited and The Whitechurch Network...

Access Financial Services has launched a support campaign to give brokers the tools to fight back when estate agents put pressure on home buyers to use their...

Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital marketplaces for consumer credit, is delighted to announce that it has integrated its platform with...

A further 28,000 people in the UK became members of a Credit Union in the year to Q2 2022, taking the overall membership of Credit Unions to a record 1.94...

The Bank of England has today published its latest Money and Credit figures showing consumer credit grew at 7.2 percent in September 2022, up from 7.1 percent...

“Credit card spending collapsed in September after several months of strong growth, reflecting plummeting consumer confidence. With average quoted household...

Once again, September saw the cost of living being the most commonly cited reason for debt among new StepChange clients, with more than one in five (22%)...

House prices are likely to fall 5% in 2023, according to Zoopla. This would only wipe out eight months of growth (13 months in London and 6 months in Wales)....

A financial education charity, The Centre for Financial Capability, is today calling on the Government to intervene in the growing cost of living crisis, as...

New research by money.co.uk has confirmed a 49.7% rise in consumers looking to get interest free credit cards this year, likely due, in part, to the cost of...

A specialist business bank, celebrating its fifth anniversary, has appointed its first ESG director. Graham Reynolds, who has more than 30 years’ experience...

The Mortgage Climate Action Group has today announced it will be hosting a new Green-focused buy-to-let webinar for the intermediary community. The webinar,...

Consumers seeking to reduce essential bills by cutting back on energy usage are nonetheless facing serious impairment to their financial resilience levels,...

Ahead of Talk Money Week 2022, ethical fintech Elifinty, along with its partners Impact on Urban Health (IoUH) and Fair Money Advice, is calling on credit and...

Average UK rents rose by more than two per cent for the second quarter in a row during Q3 2022, according to The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS). The...

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, highlighted that larger...

Jifiti, a leading fintech company, announced today the launch of its business-to-business (B2B) BNPL solution. Any bank, lender and merchant that caters to...

One in four people are in financial difficulty – or would be if they suffered a financial shock. 4.2 million people had missed bills or loan payments in at...

Property sales (non-seasonally adjusted) were down 32% in a year in September, but it’s not what it seems, because they were very similar to the previous...

The mortgage market has largely been reported to be in a ‘state of chaos’ over the last few weeks, across both personal and specialist markets following...

Analysis of the latest Bank of England figures1 from Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces, shows that rates on all major...

Research by estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has shown that the sum of tax receipts paid to HMRC as a result of stamp duty spiked by 62.6%...

The latest UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) figures, published today by the Office for National Statistics, show that CPI rose to 10.1 percent in the twelve...

OnLadder has announced the appointment of David Swallow as a consultant to the business. David joins OnLadder with over 30 years’ experience in the...

Gambling treatment and support services need to dovetail better with debt advice, to ensure that recovery pathways for people affected by gambling harm are...

With just two weeks to go until the first deadline for the FCA’s new Consumer Duty, wellness specialist MorganAsh has developed a suite of must-have...

Following the announcement from the chancellor Jeremy Hunt of a reversal of many of the ‘mini-budget’ pledges, John Phillips, national operations director...

Following the Chancellor’s speech this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software’s chief sales and marketing officer, says “They say “a week is a long...

“The rolling back of the energy price guarantee from two years to a mere six months is a huge blow to millions of Britons. People will simply be unable to...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced it will be hosting a Power of 8 webinar on the rapidly changing mortgage...

Firms are overwhelmingly turning to technology in order to surface data and insights that solve the challenge set by the FCA’s new Consumer Duty according to...

The value of loans taken out from pawnbrokersas jumped 20% in the past year, with lending increasing from £144m to £174m says Mazars, the international...

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition – which is part of Paradigm Mortgage Services, has today added Cirencester Friendly’s...

Buyer numbers fell for the fifth consecutive month in September. Agents said they expected prices to fall over the next 12 months. Agreed sales fell for the...

According to the latest research specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital, the UK’s mortgage brokerage market is estimated to increase in value by...

FICO’s report of UK card trends for summer 2022 (June-August) paints a picture of inconsistent consumer behaviour which will be challenging for lenders to...

Following the ONS estimate for GDP this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software chief sales and marketing officer, says: “August already seems a long time...

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition – which is part of Paradigm Mortgage Services – has today launched a new Private...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the repricing of its full residential mortgage range for both purchase and...

Six months since successfully launching flexible workspace in London’s Aldgate Tower, beyond has launched a cost-saving initiative to make office space more...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network hosted over 350 advisers as they returned to the National Conference Centre for their second flagship event of the...

Consumer finance new business grew by 14% in August 2022 compared with the same month in 2021. In the first eight months of 2022, new business was 21% higher...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 14% in August 2022 compared with the...

Currently, in the welfare sector, there are almost 8mn households that are missing £16bn in means-tested benefits. The most common reason for people missing...

Businesses are in danger of failing to embrace the opportunity that the upcoming Consumer Duty regulation presents and may not be compliant due to a failure to...

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services (Access FS), has today launched a new administrative service for its brokers. The service which has...

Eight out of 10 people (81%) say they will stop saving money this year due to the demands of the current cost of living, research shows. A study from...

A new survey by YouGov for StepChange Debt Charity finds that 45% of all British adults – equivalent to 23 million people – have found it difficult to keep...

Smart Money People, the leading customer review and insight website, has opened its doors for intermediary feedback to be compiled for its H2 2022 Mortgage...

The UKCSI is the UK’s largest cross-sector customer benchmarking study engaging with over 10,000 customers who created 45,000 responses across thirteen...

Credit management company Lowell has conducted research[1] into the financial hardships facing Brits in 2022. More than a quarter (27%) of Brits don’t have...

The monthly cost of repaying a mortgage has seen the second largest annual spike, with just energy bills increasing at a greater rate according to the latest...

UK digital bank Chetwood Financial has today announced a new partnership with parenting forum Mumsnet, with plans to launch a new family-focused financial...

OnLadder has announced the appointment of James Bishop as a consultant to the business. He joins the start-up as it seeks authorisation from the Financial...

The Bank of England has today published its latest Money and Credit figures showing consumer credit continued to grow at 7 percent in August 2022.  The annual...

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services (Access FS), has exceeded twenty protection providers on its panel with the addition of its latest...

While significant steps from the government have led to inflation rates finally relenting, they have still failed to relieve concerns of the UK being on the...

The Nationwide House Price Index showed house price growth slowed to 9.5% in September – down from 10% in August. There was no growth recorded at all in...

Gareth Thomas has joined Hodge’s Executive team as its chief people officer. Gareth is the former director of people and organisational development at...

UK digital bank Chetwood Financial has today announced a new partnership with parenting forum Mumsnet, with plans to launch a new family-focused financial...

A new report from StepChange Debt Charity and Amplified Global™ using the lived experiences of people in debt highlights the crucial role communications from...

Soaring energy, food and fuel prices have forced 1.2 million UK adults (2%) to turn to unscrupulous loan sharks in the last 12 months, new research from...

The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, suggests that while summer has well and truly ended, the property market is set to keep...

Monument Bank Limited has announced the appointment of Anita Maclean as Chief of Staff, effective on Monday 26th September 2022. In her new role, Anita will...

As the financial world is increasingly in turmoil and the UK is gripped by the perfect storm of high inflation, a cost-of-living crisis and a changing...

The team at MorganAsh has announced further upgrades to its new adviser tool to help businesses better manage and evaluate consumer vulnerability. As...

Research from Ocasa, the specialist rental platform, reveals that Britain’s rental stock has declined by more than 40% in the past three years leaving the...

Commenting on the Chancellor’s Growth Plan, Stephen Haddrill, Director General of the FLA, said: “The Government’s commitment to growth and investment is...

Following the chancellor’s ‘mini-budget’ this morning and the announcement of changes to stamp duty, Nick Hale, ONP Group CEO, says: “The cut in stamp...

As the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announces a permanent change to stamp duty as part of his ‘mini-budget’, John Phillips, national operations director at...

StepChange Debt Charity has reacted to the Chancellor’s mini-budget. The measures announced today leave financially vulnerable households continuing to face...

“The SDLT reform announced today is something that the industry has been crying out for.  To hear the word ‘permanent’ means that we no longer have to...

The Money Advice Trust has called today’s fiscal event a “missed chance” to help address the immediate challenges people on the lowest incomes are facing...

A catastrophic combination of surging living and energy costs, alongside a looming economic recession has highlighted the severity of Britain’s debt...

StepChange Debt Charity says that, for the one in seven new clients to the charity who are mortgage holders, the prospect of a rise in mortgage rates on the...

Analysis of the latest Bank of England figures find that quoted household interest rates on consumer credit continued to rise in August amid an economic...

Landbay has today launched a partnership with wealth management firm 2plan, whose financial advisers with mortgage permissions will now have direct access to...

Following the HMRC property transactions stats this morning, Richard Pike, chief sales and marketing officer at Phoebus Software, says “Once again the...

Evolution Money, the second-charge lending specialist, has today (21st September 2022) revealed the latest results from its quarterly data tracker, which...

One fifth of UK adults are already behind on one or more household bill, and one in nine have gone without food as a result of rising costs, according to new...

Virgin Money has announced the appointment of Sarah Wilkinson as Chief Operating Officer. Sarah will join Virgin Money from Thomson Reuters, where she is the...

Packager First 4 Bridging (F4B) and the F4B Network has today (Tuesday 20 September) announced a full rebranding of the businesses and will now be known as...

“With shoppers challenged by inflation, the rising cost of living and falling consumer confidence, the drop in retail sales volumes in August by 1.6% was...

Just Wealth, the financial advisory arm of national broker firm Just Mortgages, has seen a surge in demand for financial advice with client referrals up 300%...

Average house prices were up 15.5%  in the year to July – almost twice the 7.8% rise in the year to June. The is the highest annual inflation rate since...

“Even though we are seeing the cost of fuel coming down on forecourts across the country, everything else is becoming more expensive.  The Prime...

The Money Advice Trust has welcomed the Government’s announcement of support to tackle high energy bills for households and small businesses but has warned...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer car finance new business volumes fell in July 2022 by 3% compared...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 11% in July 2022 compared with the...

StepChange Debt Charity is pleased to see that the Government is reducing the immediate financial stress facing households through an additional intervention...

The ONS has published an article on parenting and spending – looking at overall spending before the cost-of-living crisis and some of the changes since:...

SME lender Recognise Bank has appointed experienced BDM Andrew Keehner as its latest Relationship Manager, with a specific focus on bridging finance. Keehner...

In August, house prices were up 11.5% in  year, and the average price hit a record £294,260. They were up 0.4% in a month – bouncing back from falls in...

Now that it dominates the French instalment payment industry (Oney, Alma, Pledg, etc.), Algoan is targeting the United Kingdom with its Payment Scoring...

eConveyancer has launched a new panel management partnership with Moray Group in Scotland. Moray Group includes multiple brands in the Scottish property...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for advisers, has announced a collaborative integration with...

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has today added Connect for Intermediaries to both its referral and packaging panels. The new...

Today sees the launch of Fluro as an institutionally-funded embedded lender. The brand represents a new name and an ambitious refreshed strategy for Lending...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced the appointment of Even to its lender panel. From today, Paradigm member...

Membership of Credit Unions continues to rise amid a growing hunt for affordable credit products as the cost of borrowing rises sharply and the cost-of-living...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) – the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has today announced PEXA, a digital platform for transacting...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) – the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has today launched a new survey of all conveyancing firms...

Market analysis from London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, shows that – despite the wider economic backdrop – house prices could...

Atom bank, the UK’s first app-based bank, has been accredited to the latest iteration of the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) by the British Business Bank, and...

New StepChange clients are increasingly citing the cost of living as their main reason for debt. In July, 20% of clients who completed full debt advice said...

“Although credit card borrowing actually dipped slightly in July, it has been increasing over the last 12 months at the fastest rate since 2005 – plus...

Credit card borrowing is up 13% in a year – the fastest rate of growth for 17 years (since October 2005). Savings into fixed-rate accounts rose to £2.8...

“Mortgage lending remains steady with an increase in gross lending but net borrowing is down slightly. This shows a slowdown in people taking out mortgages...

“The resilience of the housing market against the current economic backdrop is becoming par for the course, but how sustainable this is remains to be seen. ...

The Bank of England has today published its latest Money and Credit figures showing consumer credit growth rose 6.9 percent in July 2022.  The annual growth...

“Despite predictions of doom and gloom the housing market once again performed strongly with net borrowing in July only decreasing slightly from June and...

New research from specialist lender Hodge has found that four out of five (80%) respondents aren’t confident in managing their money at the moment –...

“The latest energy price cap increase is a fresh blow to the thousands of small business owners already at breaking point. SMEs are feeling the crippling...

“The energy price cap was meant to protect consumers from being charged extortionate amounts for their bills. However, today’s hike makes clear that the...

Ofgem has today announced that its energy price cap will increase to £3,549 from 1st October, an increase of 80 percent compared to April’s level. More than...

Reacting to the news that the average household energy bill will rise to £3,549 in October, StepChange Debt Charity says that lower income households already...

“With record high inflation, wage stagnation and exponential rise in the cost of living, this latest price cap rise will be the straw that breaks the...

Soaring inflation, driven by the increasing costs of many of the most essential, day-to-day expenditure items for UK households, is causing significant shifts...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has entered the industry’s top 10 buy-to-let lenders for the first time. It has also...

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has announced the appointments to its Board of four new non-executive directors. Marlene Shiels, Monica Kalia, Sara...

Connect for Intermediaries is the latest distribution partner to join forces with LiveMore as the lender continues in its mission to expand mortgage lending...

“Retail sales volumes rose in July (by 0.3%) as consumers enjoyed the start of the summer and maintained spending ahead of an autumn of energy price rises...

Impact Specialist Finance, the leading specialist packager and distributor, has launched a brand-new buy to let mortgage range via MT Finance. This range is...

Wrexham-based Chetwood Financial has been named on the 2022 Wales Fast Growth 50 list. The list celebrates the 50 fastest-growing firms in the Welsh economy....

eConveyancer has launched a panel management partnership with Intra Private Finance. The agreement will provide brokers working for the Directly Authorised...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced the appointment of Scottish Building Society to its lender panel. From...

The demand for MotoNovo Finance’s distinctive Supplier Direct Funding service continues to gain momentum. A record performance in July fuelled an...

New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 10.1% in the twelve months to July, up from 9.4% in...

The latest UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) figures, published today by the Office for National Statistics, show that CPI rose to 10.1 percent in the twelve...

Crystal Specialist Finance has continued to grow headcount by announcing a further recruit to the sales team. Jodie Worswick joins from Santander where she was...

eConveyancer has launched a panel management partnership with Connect IFA and Connect for Intermediaries. Established in 1998, Connect offers a full range of...

The Rightmove House Price Index found that the average asking price dropped to £365,173 in August – down 1.3%. New listings are up 12% on a year earlier...

LiveMore, the leading provider of interest only mortgages to the over 50s, has appointed a new head of intermediary sales as it restructures for future growth....

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced a further commitment to helping its member firms benefit from the adoption...

Following the UK Finance arrears and possessions figures this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “Although the...

Half of agents say average selling prices are no longer coming in above asking prices for properties worth up to £500,000. Sellers with properties costing £1...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) – the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has today (10thAugust 2022) launched a new ‘Find an...

LiveMore’s distribution continues to increase following a new partnership with Positive Lending. Specialising in mortgage lending for the 50 to 90+ age...

Digital payment expert, PayPoint, is expanding its range of solutions available to help local authorities financially support the most vulnerable people in...

Hargreaves Lansdown announces the appointment of Richard Caldicott, as Financial Advice Director, to head up the HL Financial Advice proposition. Richard has...

Specialist lender Together has today announced the new appointment of Nick Parker as Head of Clubs and Networks. Nick will be responsible for the strategic...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has announced that Connect for Intermediaries has...

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee has raised rates 0.5% to 1.75%. It’s the biggest one-month rise since 1995. It’s the highest rate for...

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee has today voted to increase interest rates to 1.75 percent. Jane Tully, director of external affairs and...

StepChange Debt Charity comments that today’s announcement by the Bank of England of a half percentage point rate rise is yet another pressure point for...

“There are two schools of thought when it comes to raising interest rates to curb inflation.  One is that high inflation is bad and something needs to be...

“By announcing the highest rate rise in 27 years to tackle 40-year high inflation, the Bank of England has shown its teeth and an unwavering desire to...

Data from the FLA today shows that consumer finance new business grew by 7% in June 2022 compared with the same month in 2021, reaching £9.8 billion. In the...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer car finance new business volumes fell in June 2022 by 12% compared...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 7% in June 2022 compared with the...

Sonovate, the leading provider of embedded finance and payment solutions for the contingent workforce, today announced a new partnership with Demica, the...

Recognise Bank, the digital SME lender and savings bank, has appointed Jean Murphy as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Jean brings over 25 years of experience of...

LiveMore has been appointed by Sesame Bankhall Group to its 100-strong lender panel, enabling Sesame Network and PMS Mortgage Club members to access mortgages...

NewDay, a leading digital consumer credit business in the UK, has today released its financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2022 and has published...

Moneyhub, the market-leading Open Data and payments platform, has today announced the hire of Product Director, David Firth. David comes to Moneyhub from...

Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage provider, has announced that it has added The Money Group’s (TMG’s) network to its key partner...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today launched a brand new ‘Summer School of Marketing’ to support advisory businesses...

The Bank of England has today published its latest Money and Credit figures showing consumer credit growth rose 6.5 percent in June 2022. The annual growth...

“The FCA’s new Consumer Duty aims to improve the retail financial market, provide a higher standard of consumer protection, but still drive...

For the first time, June saw the rising cost of living being the most commonly cited reason for debt among StepChange Debt Charity clients, with nearly one in...

“With much of the population still on fixed rates for their utility bills or mortgage payments, not everyone’s personal finances will feel the full brunt...

Worrying signs show a rapidly escalating reliance from UK households on credit and debt, in order to make ends meet in the face of record cost of living...

As UK temperatures soared last week, conveyancing enquiry levels dropped, according to new statistics from a leading outsourced communications provider. Data...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced the appointment of Mandy Spenceley as...

PIMFA, the trade association for the wealth management, investment services and the investment and financial advice industry, has welcomed the Financial...

Commenting on today’s publication of the New Consumer Duty policy statement by the Financial Conduct Authority, Fiona Hoyle, Director of Consumer and...

Specialist second charge lender Evolution Money has partnered with fintech leaders Nivo to launch a new digital journey for customers and adviser introducers,...

“UK households have been in desperate need of added protections in the cost of living crisis so the Consumer Duty is hugely welcome news. The crisis is...

eConveyancer has launched a new panel management partnership with Wesleyan Financial Services. The agreement gives Wesleyan advisers access to...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed plans to release its new ‘Consumer Duty’ which sets expectations for financial firms’ standards of...

StepChange Debt Charity warmly welcomes the FCA’s confirmation of its final approach to implementing the new Consumer Duty that will enshrine in regulation...

“We welcome the FCA’s intention to use the consumer duty to create more flexibility for firms to compete and innovate in the interests of consumers.  This...

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, and Mortgage 1st, the Derbyshire-based mortgage advice firm, have today announced a renewed...

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, and Mortgage 1st, the Derbyshire-based mortgage advice firm, have today announced a renewed...

Following today’s HMRC figures on UK property transactions, Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services CEO Karl Wilkinson said, “The...

Together Financial Services Limited (“Together” or the “Group”), one of the UK’s leading mortgage and specialist loan providers,...

One of the more unusual sources of potential savings for consumers comes from leading motor finance provider MotoNovo Finance. The business’...

The latest UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) figures, published today by the Office for National Statistics, show that CPI rose to 9.4 percent in the twelve...

Money Advice Liaison Group (MALG), the not-for-profit membership organisation with the aim of ‘working together to improve the lives of people in debt’,...

After inflation, real pay (including bonuses) fell by 0.9% and regular pay (excluding bonuses) was down 2.8%. It’s a record drop in real wages. Before...

Asking prices are up 9.3% in the year to July to a record £369,968, according to Rightmove. Buyer demand is down 7% in a year – but it’s still 26% higher...

Dormant Assets funding to be released by Government must continue to prioritise supporting people in financially vulnerable circumstances, urges Fair4All...

Open Banking adoption is growing, driven by the rapid digitisation of finance – according to the data from global information and insights company,...

StepChange Debt Charity guided, advised or supported more than half a million people last year, according to the charity’s impact report for 2021, published...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) – the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has today announced a number of results from its 2022 Lender...

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has launched new functionality in its wholly-owned trading platform, Revolution, that will help...

The latest Bank of England household interest rate figures1 reveal the cost of borrowing continued to increase in June across consumer credit products...

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services (Access FS), has agreed an exclusive tie with Vitality in order to strengthen its training of brokers...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced the addition of Octopus Real Estate to its lending panel. From today,...

Analysis from Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces, finds that the retail store and online credit sector experienced its...

Right now, across the UK, only half of people have enough money left at the end of the month. In 12 months’ time, in most areas this will fall to around one...

Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces, is delighted to announce that Emma Steeley will be joining the company as CEO,...

Members of the training academies of Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), suppliers of valuation panel management services, and SDL Surveying, the national...

Global analytics software provider FICO® was named the Best Technology Provider for Data Analyticsat the 2022 Credit Awards, presented at a black-tie dinner...

MANILA, Philippines — Today, Singapore-headquartered financial technology company UNOAsia announced it has built the UNO Digital Bank in the Philippines in...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 20% in May 2022 compared with the...

New research from the FCA and MoneyHelper has revealed that many people in financial difficulty are missing out on vital support due to a range of factors...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced the appointment of Stafford Railway Building Society to its lender panel....

Reviews are an integral part of the car buying process for most consumers as they assess the cars and dealers they are considering. Anything that can enhance a...

Matt Hammerstein, CEO Barclays UK, is now Chair of the Money and Pensions Service’s Advisory Group, effective from 1 July 2022, taking over from Vim Maru,...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has partnered with second charge specialist lender...

The Bank of England has today published its latest Money and Credit figures showing consumer credit growth remained at 5.7 percent in May 2022. The annual...

Millennial buy now, pay later (BNPL) finance firm, Payl8r, is calling for the adoption of open banking as a legal requirement for credit assessing in the same...

Suspending deductions from Universal Credit for Government debt would help plug the gap caused by the shortfall between the Government’s support measures and...

Wages falling at record levels are pushing ever more people into financial distress as living costs continue to skyrocket, according to the June 2022 Money...

Spiralling inflation, which is set to continue into the Autumn with utility prices set to rise, saw affirmative action by both the Bank of England and FCA...

Leading national broker firm, Just Mortgages has launched a new panel management partnership with eConveyancer to complement the existing offering of its...

“The latest figures from the ONS show that retail sales volumes fell by 0.5% in May 2022 with food store sales down by 1.6% from the previous month as retail...

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition – which is part of Paradigm Mortgage Services, has today added the LV= range of General...

“DivideBuy welcomes and strongly advocates for the UK government’s plans for formal regulation of the $3.7 billion Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) industry....

Following a series of earlier Advertising Standards Authority rulings against misleading advertisements and websites by Insolvency Practitioners and lead...

One of the UK’s fastest-growing financial co-operatives has partnered with Engage, the community banking-as-a-service division of Contis-Solaris, to launch...

“As one of the UK’s leading credit reference agencies, it’s good to see that the Treasury and FCA are moving in the right direction on regulation of the...

Today, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) sets out its plans showing how it proposes to carry out two market reviews focusing on card fees. One looks at...

Hodge has released an in-depth survey into how the rising cost of living is affecting the everyday spending and saving habits of people in the UK. The study...

In response to the government’s announcement today on BNPL regulation, Neil Kadagathur, CEO and Co-Founder of Creditspring said: “While the proposed...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer car finance new business volumes fell in April 2022 by 1% compared...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 21% in April 2022 compared with the...

Following the statement from the FCA on vulnerable customer, Andrew Gething, managing director of Morgan/Ash, said: “The findings of the Financial Conduct...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has successfully been approved for continuation of...

Responding to the government’s announcement that it commits to reform of the Consumer Credit Act, David Postings, Chief Executive of UK Finance, said: “We...

The Money Advice Trust has warned of additional pressures facing mortgage-payers in the wake of today’s Bank of England’s rate rise to 1.25%, as the Bank...

Stephen Haddrill, commenting on the news that HM Treasury has agreed to reform the Consumer Credit Act (CCA): “This is a great result. We have campaigned for...

Connect for Intermediaries has become the first network to provide its brokers with access to Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrFit+ tool. Connect...

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has further strengthened its sales function with three new hires. Mollie Rising joins as Business Development Manager for...

After inflation, regular pay, excluding bonuses is down 2.2%. It hasn’t fallen faster than this for over 10 years (Sept-Nov 2011). Strong bonuses meant that...

47% of people say they’ve had to change their financial plans as a result of everything that’s happened over the past two years. Some have suffered...

It takes women more than two years to bounce back financially after having a baby, leaving many fearful about their own financial security and nearly a quarter...

Impact Specialist Finance, the leading specialist packager and distributor, has been added to the packager panel of Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage...

Online millennial finance firm, Payl8r, has seen an 334% increase in lending over the last 12 months as Klarna cuts its workforce by 10%. Payl8r, the UK’s...

Research by London rental platform, Rentd, has revealed that rental cost increases have contributed to a strain on household finances for 86% of UK tenants,...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has completed a full API integration with Pepper...

Evolution Money, the second-charge lending specialist, has today launched the latest iteration of its quarterly data tracker, which reviews borrower types,...

MotoNovo Finance has appointed Matt Lucas to the business’ newly created position of Head of Partnerships. The new role underlines MotoNovo’s...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has been added to the lending panel of finova Payment and Mortgage Services. This...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has now seen over 400 surveyors graduate from its...

UK Finance releases its latest Household Finance Review which reports on trends in household spending, saving and borrowing during the first quarter of 2022....

Only around half of people said they would consider taking financial advice (51%). 29% of people said they wouldn’t take advice because it was too expensive....

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network have launched an informative and content rich new Trust Hub following on from their content surrounding Writing...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) – the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has today announced the launch of its 2022 Lender Survey to...

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA), the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) are today launching a new...

Jaja Finance (“Jaja”), the online digital credit card provider, is bucking trends by committing to a 40% increase in its workforce before the end of the...

The Bank of England announced today that net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals decreased to £4.1 billion in April (down from £6.4 billion in March),...

New data for April from StepChange Debt Charity shows that the cost of living is now the second most commonly cited reason for debt, up from the third most...

The Bank of England has today published its latest Money and Credit figures showing consumer credit growth increased to 5.7 percent in April 2022 from 5.2...

With prices across the board rising at their fastest rate in 40 years, the challenge for UK consumers to stay on top of their money is forcing many to have to...

Zoopla forecasts that price growth will slow from here, and at this rate, growth will fall to 3% by the end of the year. Price reductions are on the rise: 1 in...

Self and custom build finance specialist BuildLoan has created a short-term mortgage for builders who need to fund the construction of their self or custom...

StepChange Financial Solutions, the mortgage and equity release advice subsidiary of StepChange Debt Charity, won the Mortgage Strategy award for Best Equity...

The Money Advice Trust has welcomed today’s announcement from the Chancellor of more support for households struggling with rising living costs. Jane Tully,...

Commenting on the new measures announced today, StepChange Debt Charity Director of External Affairs Richard Lane said: “The additional £650 of support to...

“It’s welcome that the Chancellor has finally introduced new measures to help people through the cost of living crisis. The one-off payment of £650 to low...

TransUnion, a global information and insights company, marked the completion of its Challenge90 fundraising with Leeds United for Yorkshire Cancer...

With cost of living and interest rates on the rise while house prices are through the roof, specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital, has calculated...

Following today’s news that grocery price inflation has hit the highest level in 13 years as households struggle to pay bills, Mohit Paul, Chief Revenue...

Following the HMRC figures this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “The non-seasonally adjusted figures today show...

Analysis from Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces, finds that membership of Credit Unions has risen to an all-time high,...

Fintech lender, Creditspring, today announces that it has raised £48 million to supercharge its mission of improving financial stability across the UK. The...

New research from Equifax reveals students who take out a student loan to fund a degree are nearly twice as likely to take on more debt after graduation as...

71% of people picked up at least one new habit during the pandemic. The most common habits we picked up over the past two years were eating out less, going out...

“The latest figures from the ONS show that retail sales volumes rose by 1.4% following a fall of 1.2% in March 2022, as consumers made the most of the good...

The Money Advice Trust has today announced that a number of its training programmes across both its vulnerability training and consultancy and Wiseradviser...

Research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed how the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme (MGS), or Bojo Mortgage, has so far fared and how this...

Yooz, a leading purchase-to-pay (P2P) automation provider, today has announced that former COO/CIO Laurent Charpentier has been appointed global CEO of Yooz,...

With BMW understood to be the latest manufacturer set to embrace an agency model approach to new vehicle distribution, it is, as MotoNovo Finance’s...

Eindhoven, Netherlands – in3, a Dutch ‘Buy-Now-Pay-Later’ (BNPL) fintech has today announced a $85.3m Series B funding round from the British...

The latest UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) figures, published today by the Office for National Statistics, show that CPI rose to 9 percent in the twelve months...

With the Office for National Statistics today confirming that annual inflation reached 9% in April, the Bank of England expecting it to reach 10% later this...

NEW YORK – Splitit unveiled a new way to drive installment payments through its merchant-branded Installments-as-a-Service platform. Instead of originating...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced the appointment of a new Senior Relationship Manager. Sarah Blackwood joins...

Nearly half (47%) of university students and graduates in the UK, say that receiving a student loan has made them more comfortable with other forms of...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the consumer car finance market reported new business volumes up in March...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 19% in March 2022 compared with the...

Andrew Gething, managing director at MorganAsh, in response to the latest research from the Financial Services Consumer Panel on later life lending, says...

New buyer enquiries increased slightly in April – similar to the previous month. However, sales agreed have flattened. And agents’ expectations of sales in...

A new independent survey of 251 senior decision-makers at UK banking and financial services firms has revealed how they are responding to customers’ changing...

A guide has been launched to help mortgage lenders and brokers put empathy at the heart of customer care and ensure that customers benefit from the power of...

Jaja Finance Ltd (“Jaja”) has signed a deal with Asda, in conjunction with global payments technology leader Visa, to provide digital, reward-led credit...

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter have launched their mental health and wellbeing report to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week 2022. The...

Yesterday’s rate rise could push mortgage payments up by over £40 and put up to one in ten of those on variable rate mortgages under financial pressure. If...

“The Bank of England’s decision to raise interest rates to a 13-year high today will be welcomed by savers, many of whom may not remember the last time the...

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee has today voted to increase interest rates to 1 percent. Joanna Elson CBE, chief executive of the Money Advice...

Following the Bank of England’s decision to raise the base rate by 0.25 percentage points today, StepChange Debt Charity has warned that a further hike in...

Held at the Belfry Hotel on Aprils 28th and hosted by MotoNovo’s Managing Director Karl Werner, Commercial Director Debbie McKay and former rugby union...

Central Trust, the first and second charge lender, has today made significant changes to its residential and Consumer Buy-to-let (CBTL) mortgage propositions,...

Leading national broker firm, Just Mortgages brought in fifty new brokers to its self-employed team in the first three months of 2022. The self-employed...

NewDay (the “Company”), a leading consumer credit business in the UK, and John Lewis, one of the country’s best-known brands, announce that they have...

An industry-wide gauge of property market sentiment by The Property Redress Scheme has revealed that UK property professionals feel hugely optimistic about the...

March figures show credit card borrowing was up 10.6% in a year – the fastest growth since 2006. We spent roughly half as much on cards as we did in...

The Bank of England has today published its latest Money and Credit figures showing consumer credit growth increased to 5.2 percent in March 2022 from 4.5...

New data from StepChange Debt Charity shows that the cost of living pressure continues to rise for financially stretched households – it was the third...

tell.money, the fintech platform that delivers innovative and rapidly deployable Open Banking solutions for banks and other account providers, has closed its...

Impact Specialist Finance, the leading specialist packager and distributor, has partnered with conveyancing portal, Movin Legal, to help its brokers find the...

In April, 91% of people said the cost of living had increased – up from 62% in November. Older people are feeling price rises more keenly: 94% of those aged...

While prices continue to rise at concerning levels and the cost of living crisis sees more people struggling with their everyday money, one small bright spot...

Monthly house price growth slowed slightly to 12.1% in April – but it’s still the 11thconsecutive month in double digits. The average price hit £267,620,...

Consumer demand for credit products has grown since the onset of the pandemic, according to TransUnion’s Consumer Credit 2022 white paper, which reveals...

Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), a leading specialized payments platform, today announced a new partnership with Exeter Finance LLC, a leading indirect auto finance...

A year into the pandemic we were more able to cover one-off costs out of the blue with lockdown savings, but now we’re back to borrowing. 20% of us put at...

LiveMore Capital has revamped its entire product range offering a much wider choice of options for borrowers aged 50 to 90+. Instead of a two-tier system...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter, according to The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS), whilst also producing evidence that...

Today’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for March make grim reading, says the home delivery expert ParcelHero. Retail sales tumbled...

Following the latest property transaction figures from HMRC that found moves jumped almost 20% in March, John Phillips, national operations director, Just...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the promotions of Keith Jones and Katie Quigley to Senior Regional Account...

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Scott Riley as Sales Manager, Specialist Cars and Vehicle Stock Finance in the bank’s Asset...

At a time of rising fuel prices, unstable energy supplies and increasing climate warnings, as many as 715,000 small businesses who are worried about the...

Demand for lending on credit cards and loans rose in the first three months of the year and is expected to do so again this spring, as we struggle to cope with...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today launched new two-year ‘Green ABC+’ fixed and discount options for residential...

The latest UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) figures, published today by the Office for National Statistics, show that CPI rose to 7 percent in the twelve months...

Splend, a leading vehicle subscription business for rideshare and delivery drivers, today announced a new senior secured credit facility with Pollen Street...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has appointed Jez Quinn as national account manager to grow and develop relationships with a diverse range of brokers....

Lettings software provider Yorlet, has integrated technology with the new API solution created by government-backed Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), providing a...

Open to everyone GROW has been created to increase understanding in areas such as unconscious bias, to challenge, support, and encourage meaningful discussions...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, further expands its product suite and criteria by launching a new product range for large...

With approval from the Central Bank of Ireland, Prima Finance has announced the launch of a new personal finance app, allowing Irish residents to access an...

On December 3rd 2021, the FCA published a press release, “FCA proposes stronger requirements on oversight of appointed representatives.” It...

The FCA has today launched a new three year strategy. Responding to the news,Richard Lane, Director of External Affairs at StepChange Debt Charity, said:...

81% of UK adults are unaware that buy now, pay later (BNPL) schemes are unregulated, placing them at major risk of falling into debt, according to new research...

StepChange Debt Charity’s 2021 Statistics Yearbook, published today, shows that even before the latest rise in general inflation and the rise in the energy...

Mainstream lenders are surrendering people into the hands of illegal loan sharks as many victims try to access credit from legal, regulated sources but the...

As an affordable housing option, shared ownership is growing but it does not have enough consumer awareness and understanding. This was one of the key messages...

Jaja Finance Ltd (“Jaja”) today announces that it has closed the strategic transaction announced in November 2021, resulting in a consortium led by KKR and...

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC), today confirmed a target of 200+ signatories by the end of 2022. Speaking during a webinar hosted by...

Zopa bank has hit profitability, just 21 months after acquiring its banking licence. This is the first time Zopa bank turns a profit, making it one of the...

A week after the Government’s Spring Budget and with energy price hikes from the 1st April piling on the pressure, the latest survey by the UK’s leading...

House price growth surged to 14.3% in the year to March – and prices are up 1.1% in a month. This is the fastest growth since 2004. Average house prices hit...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has added Aidan Walker to its BDM team. Aiden will cover the North of England region. He has...

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) and the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Alternative Lending hosted a House of Commons reception to showcase...

Leading broker firm, Just Mortgages plans to almost treble in size in just five years. Its goal is to reach 1,500 staff across its various divisions by 2027....

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today launched an expanded panel of solicitors for specialist property cases, including...

The Bank of England has today published its latest Money and Credit figures showing consumer credit growth increased to 4.4% in February 2022 from 3.2% in...

We borrowed another £1.5 billion on credit cards in February, the biggest monthly hike in at least 30 years. It took the annual rise in card borrowing to...

StepChange Debt Charity’s latest client data report for February shows a rise in the proportion of people seeking advice who say that cost of living pressure...

These findings from MotoNovo’s Attitudes to Car Buying Research reveal the importance of dealers’ knowledge, transparency and overall helpfulness...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) – the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has today announced the appointment of Coadjute as a new...

Facing the sharpest decline in living standards since records began, people in the UK are already leaning into credit and debt to meet the everyday challenges...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the promotions of Grant Hendry and Mark Whitear. Grant becomes Director of...

Proportunity, the shared equity loan provider, has partnered with Knowledge Bank to make its products available on the industry leading criteria search...

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has announced strong mortgage application and completion growth through 2021 and into 2022 at its...

The Money Advice Trust has welcomed the increase in National Insurance threshold and increasing the Household Support Fund in today’s Spring Statement –...

Following the Spring Statement, John Phillips, national operations director at Just Mortgages said: “As expected, there wasn’t anything directly related to...

Pink Pig Loans, the specialist finance packager and distributor, has today announced it has rebranded the business and will now be known as Truffle Specialist...

CPI inflation is up again to 6.2% in February – from 5.5% in January. It’s the highest CPI has been since 1992. Notable increases. The rising cost of a...

Following the HMRC property transaction figures this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “It is not at all surprising...

With cost of living rising rapidly, the Bank of England increasing interest rates and National Insurance going up, more eyes than usual will be on Chancellor...

“Wednesday’s Spring Statement is an opportunity for the Government to take decisive, meaningful action to help consumers and businesses avoid the worst...

One in seven (an estimated 7.9 million) UK adults is behind on at least one household bill and one in eight (an estimated 6.2 million) have gone without...

Hodge is to co-host the first live Power of 8 (PO8) event for 2022 with Accord Mortgages in Manchester on Wednesday 30th March, discussing how to tackle...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced an expansion of its Green buy-to-let product range to specialist property...

Enra Specialist Finance announced today that it has struck a deal with funds advised by Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited (“Elliott”) to acquire a majority...

Due to the continued growth of Just Mortgages’ New Build Division, a third divisional sales director role has been created. Helen Whitehead has been promoted...

Today, online shoppers in the UK face more identification checks when paying for purchases on the internet as SCA rules to clamp down on fraud come into force....

Connect IFA Ltd, the specialist mortgage network, has today announced Mortgage & Surveying Services (MSS), the national property services group with...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the consumer car finance market reported new business volumes up in January...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 51% in January 2022 compared with the...

Helen Lord, CEO of the Vulnerability Registration Service (VRS), a not-for-profit company providing the UK’s first central vulnerability database, has been...

Registry Trust, the not-for-profit organisation which maintains the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines for the UK & Ireland, has appointed Polly...

in3, a leading Dutch Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) fintech business, has today announced a $11.1m funding round from Finch Capital as growth soars. In addition to...

Despite storms battering the country, it was evident that consumers were determined to embrace the call to learn to live with Covid-19, with retail traffic...

Tembo, the family-focused digital mortgage broker, is the latest addition to the broker panel at shared equity loan provider Proportunity. London-based fintech...

Research by specialist property lending expert, Octane Capital, has revealed how rental market stock levels have plummeted across the UK’s major cities, as a...

TotallyMoney, the credit app that helps everyone move their finances forward, has appointed Henry Pearce as Head of Data, as it ramps up the use of technology...

28% of mortgages paid out to owner occupiers in the last three months of 2021 were remortgages, up 10 percentage points in a year. This was the highest share...

EAST MEADOW, NY – Sprout Mortgage, one of the nation’s largest non-QM originators and fastest growing independent lenders, today announced two...

A webinar poll conducted by Central Trust, the intermediary only specialist first and second charge lender, has revealed that a large number of mortgage...

Over the past year, Just Mortgages New Build Division has seen a rise in enquiries and sales from home buyers interested in shared ownership. With house prices...

81% of people said their cost of living has risen over the past month. When asked how this was affecting them, 22% of people said they were spending their...

Leading national broker firm, Just Mortgages is training its advisers to offer expert business protection advice. Twelve advisers have completed the course...

Norton Home Loans has been added to the lender panel of New Leaf, enabling members of the network to access the lender’s full range of specialist first...

Research by Henry Dannell, a leading specialist in bespoke mortgage solutions, has revealed how the cost of a mortgage for today’s homebuyers is 22% more...

January saw the usual seasonal increase in people looking for debt advice, according to the latest client insights report from StepChange Debt Charity. The...

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School today announced the launch of the Cambridge Digital Assets Programme...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today outlined its new Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Policy Statement, and the proactive...

Shawbrook has today appointed Arthur Leung in the newly created role of Chief Product Officer, reporting into the Bank’s CEO Marcelino Castrillo. The...

BuildLoan has worked closely with Nottingham Building Society to launch three new cost based self and custom build mortgage products. All of the new range...

Worrying indicators for the UK’s finances have come into full effect over December and January with households facing soaring bills, according to the...

CarTrawler, the leading global B2B provider of car rental and mobility solutions to the travel industry today announced that it is now the online car rental...

Together Financial Services Limited (‘Together’ or ‘the Group’), one of the UK’s leading specialist mortgage and secured loan providers, is pleased...

Financial cooperative, Strathkelvin Credit Union (SCU), has appointed Dina Devalia, Simon Bonney, and Ian Wright, all managing directors at business advisory...

Adolescents aged 17-19 years old with previous mental health issues were 100% more likely to have suffered further mental distress as a result of the Covid-19...

A new survey from UK fintech Pave shows the vast majority of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) customers are unclear about the impact of BNPL on their credit scores,...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced the appointment of a new Senior Relationship Manager. Michael Brown joins...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the appointment of two National Sales Managers. Nathan Goodridge joins the...

In today’s increasingly digitally and socially engaged marketplace, the role and scope of apprenticeship opportunities for candidates and employers are...

Leading national broker firm, Just Mortgages, has appointed three new development directors. They will work with the firm’s regional directors to provide...

In the first half of February, 76% of people said their cost of living had risen in the previous month – up from 69% in the second half of January. The most...

A business outsourcing provider has been awarded a new, additional contract by a long-standing financial services client. Sigma Connected, which provides...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the creation of two Managing Directors within the business. George Gee...

Research by Henry Dannell, a leading specialist in bespoke mortgage solutions, has revealed that the total number of homes owned with a mortgage or loan across...

The latest UK consumer price inflation (CPI) figures, published today by the Office for National Statistics, show that CPI rose to 5.5% in January, up from...

Real estate consultancy Naismiths is set to invest in growth over the next 12 months with support from Shawbrook Bank. The business, which is headquartered in...

PIMFA, the trade association for wealth management, investment services and the investment and financial advice industry, has today called on the Financial...

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has announced the appointment of Besmir Kurti as Head of Intermediary Relations for the South. Besmir re-joins the F4B team after a...

Independent mortgage and protection adviser Affinity Mortgages has been added to the panel of brokers at Proportunity, the shared equity loan provider. The...

The Financial Conduct Authority has today issued a statement on changes made to contract terms by four ‘Buy now, pay later’ firms, including voluntary...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the consumer car finance market reported new business volumes up in...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 16% in December 2021 compared with...

StepChange Debt Charity is pleased to note the Financial Conduct Authority’s interventions today in the Buy Now, Pay Later market. Richard Lane, Director of...

“News that the UK GDP contracted by 0.2% in December last year should come as no surprise given Omicron’s disruption to the UK’s economic recovery....

Today, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) confirmed and published a new rule that paves the way for more banks and building societies to adopt Confirmation of...

TotallyMoney, the credit app that helps everyone move their finances forward, has appointed Rebecca Shears as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Rebecca holds...

A Year on from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ban on discretionary finance commission in January 2021, the impact of MotoNovo’s ground-breaking...

EAST MEADOW, NY — Sprout Mortgage, one of the nation’s largest non-QM originators and fastest growing lenders, is proud to announce that Samuel Bjelac...

Nationwide mortgage advice firm, Mortgage 1st, and estate agent, British Home Sellers, are now working together to enhance the home buying journey for their...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has been added to Brilliant Solutions’ lending panel. This partnership will provide...

In light of the Bank of England raising its base interest rate from 0.25% to 0.5% today, Paul Heywood, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Equifax UK...

Commenting on today’s MPC Bank Base Rate announcement, Simon Jackson, Chief Executive Officer at MSS (Mortgage & Surveying Services), said: “The...

Brokers expect to write more specialist residential mortgage business this year than ever before, according to a poll by Norton Home Loans. The specialist...

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network is celebrating seven years of supporting the UK’s mortgage and protection brokers in all areas of business....

Today Splitit (ASX:SPT, OTCQX:SPTTY), the company empowering shoppers to use their credit cards to pay in instalments, shares new data which reveals the...

New research among more than 2,000 UK adults has revealed how many people are planning to buy a new home or property investment in 2022: 18% of UK adults...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has revealed that while homeowners remain confident that house prices will remain high and their monthly mortgage...

Following the Equity Release Council’s 30th anniversary report which explores the sector’s progress over the past three decades, Will Hale, CEO of Key,...

“Klarna launching a card is a big deal for the payments sector. From a functionality perspective, BNPL has been considered a serious challenger to credit...

Experian is delighted to announce a new partnership with the National Literacy Trust to support financial literacy amongst young people across the country. The...

Leading outsourced communications provider, Moneypenny, has launched a world-first integration with Microsoft Teams to minimise interruptions for time-poor...

The challenging direction of travel for the UK’s finances continued in the closing months of the year, with few indications of potential positives and some...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced the appointment of Hugh Riley as...

Fiduciam, the institutionally funded lender to housebuilders and entrepreneurs, has provided a £5.3m Recovery Loan Scheme facility for the development of an...

Brent crude surges above $89.5 a barrel due to supply constraints and geopolitical tensions. Forecasts that oil could hit as much as $120 a barrel. Petrol...

This morning, Klarna released its first physical payment card, as the Buy Now Pay Later trend continues to spiral out of control, Jens Bader, CEO of...

WASHINGTON — Bank economists expect credit conditions to continue improving for both consumers and businesses over the next six months, according to the...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today added West One to its lender panel. From today, Paradigm member firms will be able to...

Key Group, the leading Preston-based specialist provider of financial solutions to the over-55’s, has appointed Alistair Morrison as one of its National...

“Shoppers wrapped up their Christmas shopping a little earlier this year, as the spectre of Omicron turned traditional footfall trends on their head, and led...

“December was always going to be a chilling prospect for retailers, many of whom spent the month wrestling with supply chain disruption, an inflationary...

Property sales (non-seasonally adjusted) rose again in December – up 11.8% from November, but down 14.6% from a year earlier. It’s the third busiest...

There are 100 million current accounts held in the UK. Around 8% are now held with newer online banks – up from 1% in 2018. Over the same period, the big...

TransUnion, a global information and insights company and one of the UK’s leading credit reference agencies, has been proudly supporting Save the Children,...

The number of people finding it hard to keep up with bills and credit commitments has doubled since the start of the pandemic according to new research from...

The latest UK consumer price inflation (CPI) figures, published today by the Office for National Statistics, show that CPI rose to 5.4% in December, up from...

The amount of Christmas shopping put on buy-now, pay-later rose by £1billion in 2021. As banks, retailers and others continue to jump on the increasing...

Hodge has seen a 173% increase in the number of holiday let mortgage applications in 2021 compared with 2020, according to new figures. The new data also found...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 33% in November 2021 compared with...

Market analysis by real estate debt advisory specialists, Sirius Property Finance, has found that despite a reduction in the number of housebuilders filling...

Leading broker firm, Just Mortgages has restructured into East and West divisions in order to efficiently manage its growth, with changes taking effect this...

LazyPay, India’s preferred Buy Now Pay Later solution by PayU Finance, today announced its partnership with SBM Bank India to launch LazyCard, a prepaid...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for mortgage intermediaries, has become the first third-party...

Impact Specialist Finance has announced that all their exclusive and semi-exclusive products can now be sourced on the intermediary product sourcing systems,...

Average house prices reached another record high of £276,091 in December. During 2021, the average price rose £24,500 – the biggest gain since 2003. Prices...

Today marks the closing date on HM Treasury’s consultation on how to regulate Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) lending. In its response, StepChange Debt Charity...

The Treasury’s consultation on the FCA’s regulation of the Buy Now Pay Later sector closes just before midnight tonight. Among the proposals are for credit...

Leading broker firm, Just Mortgages has doubled its number of area directors from 11 at the start of 2021, to 22. The rapid expansion has been essential to...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced a 100% pass rate across its training...

Hodge has released an in-depth report into the attitudes of those aged over 50 towards retirement and their personal finances. The study, called “Tired of...

According to research by Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, 67% of all homeowners, or those who want to become homeowners, would...

New research from criteria search specialists, Knowledge Bank suggests after a long hiatus, the bank of Mum and Dad is supporting a significant number of...

Evolution Money, the second-charge lending specialist, has today launched the fourth iteration of its quarterly data tracker, which reviews borrower types,...

A Midlands outsourcing firm has donated £1,000 to Birmingham Christmas Shelter to ensure homeless and vulnerable people can be well fed throughout the festive...

It looks like there will be £2.1bn spent on Christmas shopping via BNPL, in addition to the £4.1bn in debts currently outstanding with UK providers,...

“Bringing family together and meeting expectations”. These are the reasons why one in four Brits take on additional debt at Christmas, according to...

Enra Specialist Finance and MT Finance joined forces on Thursday 16th December to play a Christmas charity football match to raise funds for two great...

Many people with significant amounts of outstanding borrowing will be worrying about the double whammy of inflation and higher interest rates following the...

New research from Smart Money People has found that broker satisfaction with the time mortgage lenders take to process applications through to offer has...

61.3% of people over the age of 16 were living in a couple in 2020. Just over half of people were married or in a civil partnership (50.6%). 13.1% were...

The latest UK consumer price inflation (CPI) figures, published today by the Office for National Statistics, show that CPI was at 5.1%, up from 4.2% in...

We borrowed £73.4 billion in mortgages between July and September – down £15.6 billion from the previous quarter (when the stamp duty holiday was more...

Millions of people in the UK are being put off accessing credit products because they fear a rejected application could harm their chances of a loan in the...

In the week to 2 December, including Black Friday, we spent 121% of the pre-COVID average on credit and debit cards. This is up 15 percentage points from the...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 11% in October 2021 compared with the...

National law firm, Foot Anstey LLP, which has offices located in Bristol, Exeter, London, Plymouth, Southampton, Taunton and Truro, has advised London-based...

Leading national broker firm, Just Mortgages, has launched a new golden hello scheme to support experienced advisers who are transferring from an employed role...

New research out today from Smart Money People has found that broker satisfaction with mortgage lenders is now 81.3%, an increase of 1% from H1 2021, and an...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today added Harpenden Building Society to its lender panel. From today, Paradigm member...

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School today publicly launched the CCAF.io, which for the...

29% of women often worry about their debts, compared to 23% of men. 28% of women often worry about not being able to pay bills, compared to 20% of men. 19% of...

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has used its recent Annual Conference to outline a number of process...

A webinar poll conducted by CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, suggested that an overwhelming 96% of brokers expect to write...

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has made a welcome announcement as part of their ‘Building a trusted, modern tax administration system’, a...

Kensington Mortgages and Proportunity will now work together to help first time buyers to get on the housing ladder.  Specialist mortgage lender, Kensington,...

Following the release of the National Audit Office’s report on the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, Phil McGilvray, Managing Director of Debt Services at Equifax UK,...

Pink Pig Loans, the specialist finance packager and distributor, has today (3 December 2021) announced the appointment of Kate Pedley as its new Head of...

West One Loans buy-to-let division has added four new underwriters and one completions case manager as it continues to expand to meet strong demand for...

Following the launch of the ilumoni app in September 2021, ilumoni is on a mission to help UK borrowers #BorrowWell through their new #GetDebtFit...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has been selected by mortgage advisory firm UK...

Key members of the London Belgravia Group have set up their own insurance and financial advisory firm, J3 Advisory. Jack Bristow, Johnny Leadsom and James...

UK household budgets continue to be heavily pressured from all sides, with both international and national factors adding unexpected challenges into the mix,...

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the Cambridge Judge Business School today published the report of findings from its “Fintech...

New research has found that the number of people with debt in the UK has increased by ten percentage points in just six months (64% to 74%), with variable...

New research has found that the number of people with debt in the UK has increased by ten percentage points in just six months (64% to 74%), with variable...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today announced a series of changes and promotions within its senior management team. Sunny Lo, Chief...

A recent Chartered Body Alliance global survey has revealed some stark realities regarding the treatment of customers in vulnerable circumstances, including...

Just Mortgages’ academy is welcoming a record number of attendees into its industry leading training programme. 18 trainees are going to learn the ropes of...

‘As expected, there was a huge decrease in property transactions in October, falling by 50 per cent as people rushed to take advantage of the stamp duty...

Property sales (not seasonally adjusted) plummeted to 85,090 in October – down 48.4% from September, and down 30.1% from a year earlier. This is the slowest...

New figures from Financial Wellness Group show that the number of customers seeking debt advice who have outstanding Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) loans amongst...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today (22nd November 2021) announced the appointment of a new Business Development Manager (BDM) for the...

UK-based fintech Monevo has appointed Kelli Fielding, TransUnion’s managing director of consumer interactive in the UK, to its board, helping to leverage...

Aryza Lending Solutions today announced a new partnership with one of the UK’s top financial services companies, Hastings Direct. With its proud history and...

NewDay, one of the UK’s largest providers of consumer credit, has launched Newpay, an instant access digital credit account designed to help consumers spread...

The number of employees was up 160,000 to 29.3 million in October. Job-to-job moves hit a record high of 979,000 in July-September, largely driven by...

Leading broker firm, Just Mortgages has reached a new milestone with the 400th self-employed broker joining its team. This marks an incredibly rapid expansion,...

The concept of money and saving is a crucial part of being financially independent and responsible. Blacktower Financial Management surveyed 1,500 UK parents...

The UK’s BNPL market was estimated to be worth £2.7 billion in 2020, leading to consumer credit totalling £246 billion. It’s a rapidly emerging market...

Metro Bank has joined the lending panel of finova Payment & Mortgage Services, previously known as MCI Mortgage Club, which rebranded last month. Club...

Worrying new statistics from a new online survey of over 2,000 16-25 year olds* suggests that young people’s financial health has worsened as a result of the...

West One Loans buy-to-let division has been added to Brilliant Solutions’ growing direct to lender panel, a move which will further boost the lender’s...

Leading automotive finance provider, JBR Capital, is pleased to announce a renewed partnership with Supercar Driver as exclusive vehicle finance lender for...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the consumer car finance market reported a fall in new business volumes of...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 1% in September 2021 compared with...

Average house prices reached a record high in October of £270,027. They increased at their fastest pace since June – up 8.1% in a year. House prices for...

Today, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) publishes its final report into its card-acquiring market review. The document sets out the regulator’s...

Leading broker firm, Just Mortgages has launched a new nationwide initiative to teach children the importance of financial management. As part of the campaign,...

Financial Wellness Group has released its 2020-21 Impact Report, providing an overview of the support it provided to customers during a full year impacted by...

StepChange Debt Charity today reports that of the 13,000 new clients who took advice from the charity in September, a rising proportion were claiming Universal...

Responsible lender, Fair for You, will continue its rapid expansion under the helm of new CEO Simon Dukes. The Community Interest Company (CIC) is seizing the...

Phil Andrew, Chief Executive Officer of StepChange Debt Charity, Joanna Elson CBE, Chief Executive of the Money Advice Trust, Dame Clare Moriarty, CEO of...

eConveyancer has strengthened its Sales team, with the recruitment of Michelle Ward as National Account Manager. Michelle brings with her nearly 15 years’...

The Money Advice Trust has responded to Today’s budget welcoming the taper rate cut to Universal Credit but has warned of a challenging winter ahead for...

StepChange Debt Charity says that today’s Budget is good in parts – but that many lower-income households who accumulated debt during the pandemic are...

Following the Autumn Budget, John Phillips, national operations director at Just Mortgages said: “As expected, the Budget was light on news for those in the...

The UK’s economic recovery from the pandemic remains in a point of transition, with every sign of a positive measure being equally met by a challenge,...

An estimated eight million (7.7m) Britons have significant outstanding balances with buy-now, pay-later companies, as consumers continue to be drawn in by...

Leading broker firm, Just Mortgages has appointed Ben Allkins as the new head of mortgages and protection for its self-employed division. The newly created...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today added Reliance Bank to its lender panel. From today, Paradigm member firms will have...

Following the announcement of the Government’s BNPL consultation today, Jayadeep Nair, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Equifax UK said: “In just a...

StepChange Debt Charity is pleased to see that today’s consultation paper issued by HM Treasury on how to regulate the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market picks...

Leading integrated payments platform, Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), today announces that it has extended its partnership with payments provider ZEN.COM. Paysafe’s...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today added Dudley Building Society to its lender panel. Dudley Building Society lends...

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today announced the appointment of new Affiliate member, SDLT...

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today announced Lloyd Davies has decided to retire from his...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today launched ‘Green ABC+’ fixed-rate products for both buy-to-let and owner-occupied...

Rents on detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021, according to The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS). The...

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a two-year 95% LTV fixed rate shared ownership mortgage and a two-year 95% LTV fixed rate mortgage to enhance its...

Getting the right tenant and a good property manager are the two most important things for buy to let property-owners, according to new research from Hodge...

Mortgage demand up since 2019 New figures released today from Experian have found that mortgage application volumes are up 17% in September this year, when...

Over half (55%) of UK credit providers plan to implement Open Banking in 2021, with 93% of those businesses expecting to do so in the next 12 months, according...

Smart Money People’s Mortgage Lender Benchmark returns today. The seventh edition aims to find out which lenders are providing the best service to mortgage...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the consumer car finance market reported a fall in new business volumes of...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 13% in August 2021 compared with the...

Seven businesses from across the mortgage industry have come together to launch the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC), aimed at providing...

Leading broker firm, Just Mortgages has launched an industry-first support scheme to help self-employed brokers with their mental wellbeing. The scheme, which...

Bringing true innovation to banking, Rosie Lyon from Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has been named the 2021 Young Banker of the Year during the virtual final of the...

Paradigm Consulting, the financial support consultancy, has today announced the expansion of its ‘Agency’ proposition to assist advisory firms with their...

The Government will today withdraw £20 a week in support from Universal Credit claimants in a move StepChange says will have devastating consequences for its...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has teamed up with Mortgage Intelligence to increase its distribution footprint for both ARs...

New research from Hodge has found more than half (56%) of Brits share finances 50/50, compared to nearly a fifth (19%) who like to have all their finances...

Research by leading UK Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform and the first BNPL travel agent, Butter, has revealed that the majority of UK consumers would like to...

After government announced a £500m grant to help vulnerable households in the UK, PayPoint is lauding the decision and now calling on local authorities to...

The Government has today announced a new £500m Household Support Fund to help vulnerable individuals and families cope with costs this winter. The fund will...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today launched new buy-to-let limited editions with both no-fee and flat-fee options which...

Principality Building Society has partnered with protection specialists Vita to provide their clients and members with some of the best protection advice...

Commenting on today’s Money and Credit data from the Bank of England, which showed net consumer credit borrowing of £0.4 billion in August, StepChange Debt...

aperture, a strategy consultancy, today launches a new report on the embedded banking market, “Embedded Banking: The Opportunity and the Providers Best...

MCI mortgage club has welcomed the bridging and buy-to-let divisions of West One Loans to its growing lender panel. West One’s bridging arm provides an...

Yolt Technology Services (YTS), one of Europe’s leading open banking providers, has been chosen by Keebo, a new generation UK credit card provider, to deploy...

While many headlines have heralded 2021 yielding significant pay growth for the UK, the reality is much more muted, according to the September 2021 Money...

One in five (22%) people say the pandemic has made them more likely to discuss money problems with their family. One in six (16%) say it has made them more...

LendingMetrics has scooped Technology Partner of the Year at the 2021 Consumer Credit Awards. The financial technology and data specialist was announced as the...

National broker firm Just Mortgages aims to bring in 120 new brokers into the mortgage industry over the next 12 months. These brokers will be provided with...

West One Loans has been appointed to the PRIMIS Mortgage Network panel in a move which will boost the lender’s ambition to be the ‘go-to option’ for...

The winners of the Consumer Credit Awards 2021, run by Smart Money People, have been announced. This was a record year for voting, with over 31,000 consumers...

Deductions from Universal Credit used by the Department for Work and Pensions to collect historic tax credit overpayments are leaving households unable to pay...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has been integrated across it proposition by...

One in four (24%) UK adults now work a second or third job, or run a “side hustle” to boost their earnings. Research from Credit Karma reveals that the...

Recognise Bank, one of the UK’s newest banks, has announced that it is entering the personal savings market with the launch of a range of fixed rate and...

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG), the group of packaging firms committed to specialist finance, is this month celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the business....

James Sleight and Peter Hart of PKF GM have been appointed as Joint Administrators of Barrow & District Credit Union Limited. The Financial Services...

A £360 million wall of rent debt built up during the pandemic combined with cuts to Universal Credit threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of tenants...

National residential surveying and valuations firm, SDL Surveying, has today announced details of its new apprenticeship scheme which is being run in...

Curve is very proud to announce Curve Flex, a unique rival to Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). After receiving FCA approval on September 1st, Curve has quietly...

Evolution Money, the second-charge lending specialist, has today announced the appointment of a new Chief Digital Officer (CDO). Matt Meecham joins the...

Average house prices were up 8% in a year to July, down from 13.1% a month earlier. The average house price dropped back to £265,668 – it’s still up...

The Financial Times has launched a new charity endorsed by the former prime minister Gordon Brown, focused on the promotion of financial literacy and inclusion...

Beehive Money, part of The Nottingham, has today announced the launch of its first ever app. The building society introduced Beehive Money as its sister brand...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the consumer car finance market reported a fall in new business volumes of...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 2% in July 2021 compared with the...

A new study in the UK by analytics software firm FICO shows that UK consumers today are 31 percent more likely to open an account digitally than a year ago....

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has bolstered its client-focused Sustainability & ESG Finance Team, which supports larger businesses to achieve their...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced it has entered into a referral partnership with HUB Financial Solutions to...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has expanded its distribution panel with the addition of mortgage, protection and investment...

Stamp duty relief on properties up to the value of £250,000 is thought to be behind August’s surprise house price upturn said the country’s second...

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network have prioritised advisers’ need for awareness and launched a brand-new hub on vulnerability. The Right Mortgage...

ONE OF the most successful partnerships in lender services has been rekindled following a major appointment at Scottish law firm, Alston Law. The recruitment...

Following the BoE figures this morning Richard Pike, Phoebus Software’s sales and marketing director, says “There is evidence from today’s figures that...

A business outsourcing specialist has won a new contract to support a 100% renewable energy supplier to manage its most vulnerable or financially challenged...

“After months of growth, the latest ONS retail statistics show a small 2.5% decrease in retail sales between June and July 2021. The “pingdemic”, where...

Following the latest property transactions data revealing transactions dropped from record highs in June, John Phillips, national operations director, Just...

While the UK economy continues its gradual encouraging pandemic recovery, signs are growing that the coming winter will be deeply financially difficult for...

BuildLoan, the UK’s leading distributor of self and custom build funding solutions for the intermediary market, has announced the launch of its...

Mortgage and protection network, The Finance Planning Group, has this week teamed up with Proportunity. The Finance Planning Group uses the latest technology...

With Monzo, First Direct and Starling Bank taking the top spot for customer service, according to the latest survey from the Competition and Markets Authority,...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has bolstered its distribution panel with the addition of The Business Mortgage Company...

OSB Group (OSB) and Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) have signed a new 5-year contract. The specialist lender has been a client of PSL since 2013 and the new...

Allica Bank has partnered with national, commercial law firm, Freeths LLP, as it continues to drive lending speed and improve transparency for brokers and SME...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced the appointment of Ashley Miskin as...

Global analytics software provider FICO today released its analysis of UK card trends for June 2021. Maintaining the pattern for the year so far, average spend...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has signed an agreement with The Lending Channel to...

W1TTY, a smart finance innovator set to launch this autumn, aims to offer customers a clear choice in how they manage their money with hyper-personalised...

Pink Pig Loans, the specialist finance packager and distributor, has today announced the appointment of a trio of new Directors to its Board to support its...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has completed a full integration with lender Selina...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the consumer car finance market reported growth in new business volumes of...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 28% in June 2021 compared with the...

StepChange Debt Charity has today released an update on the profile of its clients in June – and emphasises that, while the increase in borrowing recorded in...

The Nottingham today announced its mid-year results for trading in the six months to 30 June 2021 and shared positive progress against its priorities to grow...

Data from MIAC Property Analytics’ Rental Index using its newly developed interactive web platform has given a clear visual picture of UK residential rental...

A mixed financial picture continues this month, with promising signs of economic recovery tempered by the continuing effects of the pandemic, according to the...

Proportunity, the equity loan provider helping people to raise a large enough deposit, is the latest lender to join The MCI mortgage club. MCI continues to...

Property sales hit a new record of 213,120 in June (not seasonally adjusted), more than double the number in May. This is the biggest month for sales since...

Property sales hit a new record of 213,120 in June (not seasonally adjusted), more than double the number in May. This is the biggest month for sales since...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced a new partnership with digital mortgage lender, Molo Finance. Paradigm...

Research from the national estate agent, Keller Williams UK, has revealed where across the UK homeowners have seen the biggest cash boost in property values in...

“The FCA’s review highlights the potential harms consumers face if they are not able to access impartial debt advice. We welcome the FCA’s intervention...

A coalition of consumer groups, charities and financial services industry bodies, including Which? UK Finance, Martin Lewis and MoneySavingExpert, the Personal...

Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lender owned by Computershare, has reduced rates across the majority of its products. Zephyr’s new rates...

51% of people don’t have enough emergency savings. Almost half of retirees (46%) don’t have a big enough safety net, along with almost one in four...

In a speech to mark the publication of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new business plan for 2021/22, FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi set out the vision for its...