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...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has further expanded its distribution with the addition of Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB)....

Average house prices were up 10% in a year to May. This is the highest annual price growth in almost 14 years – since just before the onset of the...

MCI Mortgage Club has added bridging lender Glenhawk to its panel giving its members even more choice for clients seeking short-term property finance. Glenhawk...

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FoS) recently published its annual complaints data for the 2020/21 financial year (April 2020-March 2021; their report...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today launched a new Limited Edition five-year, fixed-rate buy-to-let product specifically...

Working together BuildLoan and Loughborough Building Society have created two competitive cost-based self-build mortgage products offering a choice of advance...

Intelligent decisioning technology provider LendingMetrics has made two new sales appointments to match growing demand. The company behind the...

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today urged the Government to move ‘further and faster’ in...

Brunel Mortgages has selected One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, as its preferred tech...

New research by Hodge has found nearly three-quarters of portfolio buy-to-let landlords prefer to access finance through a broker, rather than go directly to...

Despite bearing much of the negative economic impact of the pandemic, Gen Z and Millennials are becoming less concerned about the long-term impact of COVID-19...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 116% in May 2021 compared with the...

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

Ed Mardell joins ULS technology as Chief Technology Officer leading its continued investment in making buying, selling and owning a home better. Ed has worked...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has extended its distribution panel with the addition of SimplyBiz Mortgages. Established in...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion mortgage processing platform for brokers, has been adopted as its preferred tech...

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, today published its 2nd Global Alternative...

Specialist lender Together has lowered its residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates to support more borrowers as the stamp duty holiday is phased out. The...

The Chartered Banker Institute (the Institute) and HSBC UK are working together to develop the knowledge and expertise of the bank’s commercial banking team...

Leading broker firm, Just Mortgages, is experiencing exponential growth with the recruitment of almost forty new brokers in June 2021. 19 brokers have...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has been appointed by Tenet to its lending panel. CHL’s product range caters for...

“The extension of the stamp duty holiday is a likely factor behind the increase in net mortgage borrowing, which bounced back to £6.6bn in May, up from...

Sensée, the work-from-home specialist, is creating 500 new permanent and temporary positions to meet the growing demand for homeworking staff. The vacancies...

Credit Kudos has announced the appointment of Manoj Peiris as its new Head of Legal as it seeks to further enhance its proposition for partners, from fintechs...

While statistically less at a health risk, the heavy impact of the pandemic on young people’s financial lives continues to be laid bare, according to the...

A new QR-code payment and invoicing app has been launched to offer an easy an affordable way for small businesses and sole traders to receive digital payments...

Following the Bank of England releasing the latest housing stats finding that mortgage approvals increased slightly in May, Jonathan Sealey, CEO at specialist...

StepChange Debt Charity says that today’s Money & Credit data from the Bank of England showing a return to net borrowing by UK households should give...

Research from Smart Money People has found that specialist mortgage lenders received the highest percentage of positive feedback from brokers about their...

102,100 homes sold in May (not seasonally adjusted), down around 10,000 from April and around 71,000 since March. It’s still more than double the previous...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today added Saffron for Intermediaries to its lender panel. From today, Paradigm member...

Research from Build to Rent specialists, Ascend Properties, has revealed which areas of the English rental market have performed the strongest since the...

Customer application data for Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgages with Hodge has revealed a 50% increase in the number of people who are looking to use...

Research from Build to Rent specialists, Ascend Properties, has revealed how the sector is poised to gain further momentum due to the number of units currently...

Average house prices fell 1.9% between March and April, although they were still up 8.9 in a year. The average house price fell back around £5,000 from March,...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender has been appointed by Dynamo for Intermediaries following their return to lending earlier...

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 leading non-bank lender, West One Loans, continues with exciting 2021 growth plans by welcoming one of the industry’s foremost sales and...

Specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lender Zephyr Homeloans has made 80% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages available exclusively through its packager channel. Rates for...

New research out today from Smart Money People has found that broker satisfaction with mortgage lenders has increased by 2.5% from 77.8% to 80.3% in the last...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced the appointment of Richard Howes as its new Director of Mortgages. Richard,...

Bob Scott has been appointed as the Directly Authorised club’s new Managing Director, where Bob will lead The Right Mortgage owned DA proposition. Reflecting...

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 147% in April 2021 compared with the...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced a number of personnel changes within its sales team and a series of...

Following confirmation that adults in Northern Ireland will be able to apply for a £100 pre-paid card to spend at high streets across the country at the end...

Research by estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has revealed that the shine is starting to come off the stamp duty holiday for disgruntled...

Applications for mortgages in May 2021 are up 8% on 2019 levels, a pre-pandemic year, with just one month to go until the stamp duty holiday extension is...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender continues to expand its distribution by taking a major step in its phased return to the...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has successfully been re-certified as ISO27001...

John Coffield, Head of Mortgages at Paradigm Mortgage Services, has today announced he will be stepping down from his position and retiring at the end of...

Robert Owen, Managing Director of United Trust Bank’s (UTB) Mortgages & Bridging Division, has announced that he will be stepping back from his...

The online mortgage broker market has existed as a relatively confusing and fragmented environment for many years with very little to differentiate between the...

Encouraging indications of economic recovery continue to be tempered by new reports further detailing the heavy effects of the pandemic on a significant...

Before the crisis, men were more likely to hold credit cards or loans than women (87% of men and 83% of women). However, women were more likely to hold retail...

Impact Specialist Finance has been reappointed to the Sesame Bankhall Group approved specialist lending panel of master brokers after an extensive review of...

CHL Mortgages, the intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender, has added New Leaf to its select distribution panel. The arrangement will allow advisers...

Following the HMRC property transaction figures this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “The numbers today tell quite...

New research from Diebold Nixdorf has found that over 50% of the public are still using cash on a weekly basis, reinforcing the importance of access to cash as...

New research from Smart Money People, the leading financial services customer review and insight website, has found that broker satisfaction with how quickly...

Landbay has reduced rates and fees across its core buy-to-let product range and completed a significant upgrade to its broker portal. Some of Landbay’s rates...

Legal technology firm Exizent has announced a partnership with Experian to automate the asset discovery process involved in probate. The milestone partnership...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has sent 4,430 of its employees on compulsory cyber and information security courses over the past two financial years...

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has today announced results for its 2020-21 financial year having achieved record yearly lending...

The latest Rightmove House Price Index shows that: – New records continue to be set as the average price of property coming to market this month jumps by...

PIMFA, the trade association for wealth management, investment services and the investment and financial advice industry, has given a cautious welcome to the...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has welcomed the FCA’s new consultation on a consumer duty as a vital...

The FCA has today issued a consultation on a proposed new ‘Consumer Duty,’ designed to ensure consumers of FCA regulated products receive a higher level of...

Commenting on the FCA Consultation paper on the new consumer principle that was announced today, Caroline Siarkiewicz, Chief Executive Officer of the Money and...

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today welcomed the inclusion of a new Leasehold Reform (Ground...

Fintech for social good incuto today announces the launch of MyCredit, a new financial education tool enabling members of credit unions and community-based...

Today, we are delighted to announce the launch of our Centre for Responsible Banking, supporting our key aim to build a responsible and sustainable banking...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform, has partnered with Nivo, a secure mobile messaging platform to...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew in March 2021 by 7% compared with the...

Leeds Building Society joins the Active Savings platform offering a 12-month fixed-term account paying 0.40% – applications are open until 16 May 2021....

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today announced the appointment of a new Non-Executive Chair....

Leading national broker firm, Just Mortgages is launching a new work from home option for experienced brokers. The option is available for those who have at...

Today’s introduction of the Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space) is welcome, but sees an increasingly complex debt landscape ahead needing further support...

CHL Mortgages has announced their return to lending as an intermediary-only specialist buy-to-let lender. CHL Mortgages has appointed Matt Kimber as Managing...

Leading broker firm Just Mortgages has recorded incredible annual growth in 2020, with lending figures increasing by 59% to £3.5bn and profits up by 20%....

From 4 May 2021 people in England and Wales seeking debt advice may be entitled to a 60-day pause on interest, fees and new enforcement action under the...

Financial Wellness Group has set up the Financial Wellness Group Foundation – which has the mission of improving financial wellbeing in the UK through...

MCI Mortgage Club continues to expand its panel of lenders with the welcome addition of Newbury Building Society. Newbury offers a wide mortgage range from...

Average outstanding unsecured credit balances have dropped by 32% over the past year of enforced COVID-19 lockdowns, according to new analysis from Experian....

Two ‘BankHubs’ have opened today as part of the Communities Access to Cash Pilots (CACP) initiative. The new centres in Rochford and Cambuslang will...

With Covid-19 restrictions continuing to be lifted, the first glimmers of what ‘post-Covid’ financial life may look like for UK households have started to...

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network bolster Marketing Department and welcome Danielle Wilson as Network’s recruitment wave continues. Danielle led the...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has been adopted by The Dragon Network and Dragon...

Just Mortgages’ self-employed division has grown by an incredible 60 brokers in the first three months of 2021. At the end of 2020, the self-employed broker...

A swift and aggressive return of the economy will be predicated on confidence and the willingness of consumers to spend the money that many have accumulated...

Commenting on the government-backed 95% LTV mortgage guarantee scheme, Adam Forshaw, managing director of conveyancing firm O’Neil Patient, said: “In...

In a year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic and its lockdown conditions, car sales fell back. However, while new car registrations fell 29.4% in 2020, used...

Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lender owned by Computershare, has increased its limited company conveyancer panel to eight firms. The change...

StepChange Debt Charity’s Statistics Yearbook 2020, published today, reveals some noteworthy shifts in client trends and characteristics in 2020 compared...

Sprout Mortgage, the innovative force in non-QM residential lending, announced today the appointment of Laura C. LaRaia to Executive Vice President, General...

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 fell in February 2021 by 26% compared with...

A year on from the start of the pandemic, new research from StepChange Debt Charity reveals nearly a quarter (23%) of the 1.6m people who’ve accessed credit...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today cut rates across its standard and HMO ranges, and has launched a new Limited Edition...

Just Mortgages has put in place measures to support both employed and self-employed brokers with their mental health throughout the pandemic and beyond. April...

On March 23rd last year, the Prime Minister announced the UK’s first lockdown and it came into force three days later. Over the last year, MotoNovo...

Newcastle Intermediaries has joined MCI Club’s growing lender panel offering even more choice to the club’s members. As the intermediary arm of Newcastle...

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network has welcomed the latest addition to their growing equity release specialist division. The Later Life Lending Network,...

Evidence continues to emerge demonstrating the scale of the crunch on household finances and its likely consequences as the UK emerges from the pandemic,...

We repaid £1.2 billion of consumer debt in February. It’s below the average since March last year of £1.8 billion. However, our borrowing has still fallen...

Commenting on the Bank of England Money and Credit figures for February, Jonathan Sealey CEO of specialist short term lender Hope Capital, said: “A year on...

Following the BoE Money & Credit figures this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “The housing market, fuelled by...

Following the latest Bank of England statistics, John Phillips, national operations director, Just Mortgages and Spicerhaart said: “The housing market is an...

One in five adults in Britain (20 percent), equating to an estimated 10.2 million people, say they are worried their finances will not fully recover from the...

Average house prices in January fell from £250,000 to £249,309. Prices were still up 7.5% in a year – but this was down from 8% in December. The lowest...

122,840 properties sold in February – the highest February figure since it was first measured this way in 2005. Seasonally adjusted property sales were...

Following the HMRC property transaction figures released today Jonathan Sealey, CEO at specialist lender Hope Capital, said: “On the day that we mark one...

Research by Newcastle-based property developer, StripeHomes, has found that the vast majority of homeowners believe Government plans to increase council tax...

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

Recent research from global information and insights provider TransUnion has revealed a further increase in optimism around household finances in the UK. More...

Financial Wellness Group has extended its partnership with benefits and insurance provider, Personal Group, to give employees greater access to expert...

A lack of understanding around credit ratings has been exposed, with new consumer insights revealing low levels of engagement and knowledge about how credit...

People across the UK will be empowered to manage their financial wellbeing with greater confidence and clarity throughout their lifetimes, when a holistic new...

Toluna’s ‘Understanding the 2021 Consumer’ Global Barometer Study is a bi-weekly index that taps into a community panel of 30+ million members providing...

UK rental properties don’t meet the needs of modern-day tenants, with the vast majority (83%) stating they would pay more for a property that did. That’s...

Multiply AI, the UK’s first fully-automated financial adviser app, today announced it has partnered with digital mortgage broker Mojo to provide the first...

The MCI Club has launched an innovative payment and processing package for all existing and new members of the mortgage club. This package, which will be...

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 fell in January 2021 by 34% compared with the...

The latest index shows that: – Greatest excess of demand over supply over the past ten years, pushing up the average price of property coming to market...

New analysis by free debt advice provider Financial Wellness Group, shows that people using Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) loans are getting into problem debt...

MCI Mortgage Club can now offer its members a secured loan referral service through a partnership with Fluent Money. This is MCI’s first foray into the...

Cardiff law firm Robertsons Solicitors has appointed Helen Barry as Senior Associate Solicitor of its Residential Conveyancing department. With over 20 years...

Mortgage commitments (agreed for the coming months) were £87.7 billion at the end of 2020. This was 24.2% more than a year earlier and the most since before...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has partnered with leading mortgage and protection...

New research from criteria search specialist Knowledge Bank shows interest from new investors in the buy-to-let market is growing. The analysis of brokers’...

The UK consumer lending market is worth £160bn, yet over 15 million people in the UK are denied access to affordable loans. These people are resorting to...

Following the UK Finance household lending update this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “The housing market, like...

Alex Hammond, Director of the Mortgage Market Alliance, says: “Headlines of a mortgage guarantee scheme are likely to entice potential buyers to the market,...

The Money Advice Trust has welcomed six month extensions of various forms of financial support in today’s Budget – including furlough, the Universal Credit...

Commenting on the £100m investment in the HMRC taskforce announced by the Chancellor in today’s Budget, John Dobson, CEO at AML specialists SmartSearch,...

Comment on the 95% Government-backed mortgage guarantee scheme, Andy Scaife, CEO of O’Neill Patient, said: “We are very supportive of the Government’s...

Commenting on the Budget, Rob Clifford, who is CEO of Stonebridge Group, said: “The news about the stamp duty extension was widely trailed in the media last...

The argument for a cashless society has been around for a while, but the rapid rise of the Coronavirus crisis has intensified the debate again amid concerns...

COVID-19 has prompted a sharp increase in one-off purchases, with more than half of Brits (53%) splashing out on an item worth over £200 that they wouldn’t...

Dealers recognise that their overall approach to business is reactive led by the ‘here and now’. Arguably a weakness, this short-term approach served many...

Concerning the latest Nationwide House Price Index, Matthew Cooper, Founder & Managing Director of Yes Homebuyers, commented: “We’ve seen the property...

Enness Global Mortgages, the mortgage broker of choice for global ultra-high-net-worth individuals, is pleased to announce Nigel Le Quesne as Non-Executive...

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has announced the appointment to its Board of a new non-executive director, Alex Heath. Joining the MaPS Board from 1...

The current stamp duty holiday has helped to turbocharge homebuyer demand since it was introduced in July of last year, suspending the tax paid on the first...

Glasgow-based legal technology firm Exizent is going from strength to strength following the confirmation that Countrywide Tax and Trust Corporation,...

Air Group, the leading later life services platform, has today announced its second half-year equity release provider ‘Temperature Check’ report focusing...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today cut rates across a number of products within both its residential and buy-to-let...

Amigo Holdings PLC, (Amigo), the leading provider of guarantor loans in the UK, announces results for the nine-month period ended 31 December 2020. Commenting...

Following the success of Just Mortgages’ first academy of 2021, the next crop of budding brokers are set to begin training on 19th April. The first academy...

Commenting in relation to today’s launch of the FCA guidance, Helen Lord, director, Vulnerability Registration Service said: “The Vulnerability...

Following the release of the latest housing figures which shows property transactions completed in January were the highest in a decade, John Phillips,...

The Money and Pensions Service welcomes the Financial Conduct Authority’s publication of guidance for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have today confirmed their new guidance on the treatment of vulnerable customers. Commenting on the update, Peter Tutton,...

Following the HMRC figures this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “If ever there was a case for ‘looking at the...

The motor industry has had a problematic relationship with the consumer media when it comes to used car dealer finance. Perceptions from the press have long...

The volume of Government loans granted to help SMEs through the COVID-19 crisis will be having a potentially devastating impact on the availability of...

The Money and Pensions Service has announced three senior appointments including a new Chief Finance Officer and new Pensions Dashboards Programme Director....

A number of leading organisations in the conveyancing profession have agreed to work together as The Conveyancing Task Force to discuss, and where possible...

It has been reported that the Chancellor Rishi Sunak will, subject to approval from the Prime Minister, extend the £20 uplift to Universal Credit for a...

Significant year-on-year balance growth driven by increases across deposits, lending and investments. Deposits – increased £3.8bn (13%) Lending –...

Sprout Mortgage, the leading nationwide force in non-QM residential lending, today announced that effective immediately Michael Strauss has been named to the...

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG), the group of packaging firms committed to specialist finance, has today announced the sale of Group firm, Pink Pig Loans, back...

O’Neill Patient LLP (ONP) is calling on the industry to work together during this extremely busy time as the end of the stamp duty holiday looms ever closer....

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has revealed the results of its annual vote which determines its nominated charity for the year ahead. In 2021, staff at PSL...

Property market analysis by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that residential transactions across England and Wales fell by -41% in...

2021 will be characterised by volatility and uncertainty as financial institutions navigate the economic and social impacts of COVID-19. The pandemic has...

Christopher Woolard’s review of change and innovation and the unsecured credit market dropped into the world on 2 February. It is in part a...

In August last year, the FT reflected that the Coronavirus pandemic posed a significant challenge to the financial services industry. Above all, it noted;...

In response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s Financial Lives survey report released today, Jane Goodland, Co-Chair of KickStart Money said: “The...

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 fell in December 2020 by 18% compared with...

Today, the Financial Conduct Authority has released the results from its latest Financial Lives Survey showing that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has left a...

New research funded by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) shows that 7 in 10 employees enrolled in a workplace payroll scheme save every month and are 18%...

The latest lender to join MCI Mortgage Club’s panel is Dudley Building Society, which is known for its manual approach to underwriting. Dudley offers a wide...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced the promotion of Rebecca Freeman to...

The latest research from new build snagging company, HouseScan, has revealed where new build homebuyers have enjoyed the largest return on their investment in...

As a recent winner in the 2021 Best Estate Agency Guide and the only South West Wales agent to be included in countries top 5% of agents, Dawsons Property has...

StepChange Debt Charity is pleased to see that, after holding evidence sessions, the Work & Pensions Select Committee is urging Government to maintain the...

Figures published in January show clear evidence that the demand for properties in January 2021 has outperformed the same period last year. Demand for homes is...

National debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is calling for urgent changes to be made to Debt Relief Orders (DROs) so thousands of people...

Research for Indesser, a joint venture between the Cabinet Office and TDX Group, has shown that over half of Brits (53%) have improved their financial tracking...

A new survey conducted by Juniper Research has found that more than 50% of US consumers wanting to change banks would consider a digital-only bank, with the...

The latest research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that current affordability across the UK property market is at its worst in...

Last week, Cabot Square Capital substantially increased its equity investment in Blue Motor Finance (Blue). This further round of investment demonstrates...

CarMoney, the rapidly expanding Motherwell-based motor finance business, saw a sharp increase in profitability in the year to 31 December 2019 which was driven...

Commenting on the publication of the Woolard Review into change and innovation in the unsecured credit market, Stephen Haddrill, Director General of the...

Commenting on the proposed regulation of Buy Now Pay Later products, and the debt advice and affordable credit recommendations of the Woolard Review into the...

The Right Mortgage and Protection Network marks its 6th year in business by highlighting its appetite for further growth and its continued dedication to its...

The Money Advice Trust has welcomed the recommendations of the Woolard Review and today’s government announcement that buy now, pay later products will be...

Impact Specialist Finance has announced plans to expand its mortgage brokerage with a self-employed adviser recruitment drive. Impact Specialist Finance was...

StepChange Debt Charity is today pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Wood as a Trustee of the charity from 1 February 2021. Chris has extensive...

Following the Band of England’s money and credit figures this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says: “When you...

Air Group, the collective of companies covering a range of retirement and later life services, has today announced the appointment of Jon Tweed as its new...

PIMFA, the trade association for the wealth management and financial advice industry, is today calling on the Industry, Government and Regulators to work...

As 2020 came to a close, the fuller picture of Covid-19’s effect on UK household finances continued to emerge, demonstrating the significant mounting...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline, has welcomed today’s decision from the Advertising Standards Authority to uphold complaints...

The Money Advice Trust and Fair By Design have today launched new, practical guidance for firms and regulators on how to embed inclusive design in product...

Research by home buying platform, Yes Homebuyers, has revealed that half of current homebuyers would happily pay the stamp duty owed on their purchase if it...

StepChange Debt Charity welcomes the decision by the Advertising Standards Authority to uphold complaints made by the Money and Pensions Service, with the...

On Wednesday 27 January, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will publish two rulings which ban misleading ads by commercial debt advice firms. Both...

Data analytics company LendingMetrics is predicting a phenomenal spending rebound by the end of the second quarter 2021, if the brakes are taken off pent-up...

MotoNovo Finance has confirmed two initiatives designed to support its dealers through the latest lockdown period; Vehicle Stocking – with immediate effect,...

Commenting on the change to AML guidance for the conveyancing sector, John Dobson, CEO at AML specialists SmartSearch said: “The conveyancing sector plays...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced the launch of a new lender matrix outlining the approach of lenders to...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division continues to open up its proposition to more brokers as it launches with Legal & General Mortgage Club today, the...

Following the government report on Property Transactions this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software’s sales and marketing director, says “The good news...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced a significant increase in recruitment expanding resources across its...

Launched in 2018, the findandfundmycar.com ecosystem has evolved continuously by listening to dealers and customers and leveraging new and emerging digital...

Following the latest ONS house price index report this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “The housing market has...

The latest Gov UK House Price Index on sold prices shows that: UK house prices jumped 1.2 in November on the previous month. They also saw a huge 7.6%...

Research from credit-builder credit card, Vanquis reveals the average Brit wants to save more (27%), spend less (24%), pay off debts (15%) and make a budget...

The latest research from the international rental marketplace, Spotahome, has found that the average age of renters across Europe has dropped since the Covid...

Leasehold homes carry a certain stigma amongst UK homebuyers, and understandably so due to a string of scandals hitting the headlines in recent years and also...

MCI Mortgage Club continues to expand the range of building societies on its panel by adding the regional lender, Swansea Building Society. Swansea Building...

Amy Wilson has been appointed as The Right Mortgage and Protection Network Head of General Insurance, in which she will continue to lead the network’s...

The UK’s largest property services group, Countrywide, has announced that Countrywide Surveying Services has renewed its partnership with Santander through a...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business fell in November 2020 by 16% compared with...

A pilot online teacher training programme has been found to make a big impact on the ability of primary teachers to teach their pupils about money. 8 in 10...

Pure Retirement and Phoebus Software Limited have signed a new contract. The equity release specialist has used the Phoebus solution to originate and service...

Since January 2015, banks and building societies have closed 3,770 branches in the UK, leading to a seismic shift towards online banking. Yet, two thirds (66%)...

Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let lender, has introduced an online Self-Serve platform, allowing customers to manage their mortgage account online 24...

Financial distress is more damaging to the well-being of the self-employed than those in employment, finds new research from Trinity Business School. According...

Commenting on the Bank of England Money and Credit figures released today John Phillips, national operations director of broker firm, Just Mortgages, said:...

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today announced the promotion of Steve Cox who becomes its new Chief Commercial Officer. Formerly...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced it will now accept ‘No-Search Indemnity Insurance’ for purchase and...

Two leading financial services professional bodies are delighted that the recently updated FCA Register , which went live on 14th December, now includes...

Connect for Intermediaries, the specialist network, packager and referral partner, has just joined the Society for Mortgage Professionals (SMP) as an associate...

The divide between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ continues to grow starkly as we move towards the end of a year dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic,...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs Business Debtline, has welcomed the Chancellor’s extension of the government-backed Covid-19 business loan...

R3, the insolvency trade body, has launched a new resource for individuals in England and Wales who want to learn more about personal insolvency processes and...

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

West One’s Buy to Let division launches its first mortgage club today, with Dynamo for Intermediaries. The move is a key step in the specialist lender’s...

O’Neill Patient LLP (ONP) group is now a top 100 UK law firm, with the highest income per lawyer of any law firm in the country – significantly exceeding...

Today StepChange publishes a report on clients advised by the charity between April and October, revealing striking levels of hardship, and some notable new...

Recent research from over 1,500 consumers, who had purchased a mortgage recently, saw 56% going direct to the lender with 49% citing that they felt more secure...

Independent mortgage and commercial funding broker, trufe., has announced a multi-year agreement to become an official Leeds United Business Club partner in a...

Provident Financial, a leading supplier of personal credit products to the non-standard lending market, has deployed Teleware’s Re:Call app as part of its...

Leeds Building Society is working with leading financial services technology provider, Paylink Solutions, to help mortgage customers who may be facing...

A Nottingham Building Society donation of £10,000 to BookTrust will help bring a smile to the most vulnerable children in our communities over the festive...

Lloyds Banking Group has today revealed that its black staff are being paid nearly 20% less than their colleagues. It has said the large gap is due to the lack...

This advice and the guidance also on the MSE site that notes; “Unless you can get 0% finance from the dealer, personal loan rates tend to be cheaper than...

Research has indicated that mortgage borrowers may prefer a wealth-like ongoing service plan from brokers. The Mortgage Insights 20/21 research, conducted by...

With an increasing number of housing association residents seeking digital options for the payment of rent and related housing costs, West of England housing...

Nearly four in ten (37%) self-employed people surveyed expect it to take more than a year before their income returns to pre-Covid levels, while a tenth...

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 fell in October 2020 by 11% compared with the...

Financial Wellness Group has released its first Impact Report, reviewing the work undertaken to support customers during both 2020 and the previous year. Debt...

Following the UK Finance figures, released this morning, John Phillips, national operations director of broker firm, Just Mortgages said: “Despite massive...

Following the UK finance figures this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, said: “It is always interesting to look back, and...

Average Christmas spend has fallen by £268 from this time last year, going from £1,057 (2019%) down to £789 (2020), according to new research from AA...

Following news that the UK Government has extended the provision of free school meals for the Christmas holidays – and all school breaks until summer...

“The latest Money and Credit statistics from the Bank of England reveal mortgage approvals for home purchases remained strong, with net mortgage borrowing...

Paradigm, the Mortgage, Protection & Compliance services proposition, has today announced it will be running its ‘Reverse Advent’ charity drive, in aid...

Following the news from the Bank of England that households borrowed an additional £4.3 billion secured on their homes in October and the number of approvals...

Following the latest Nationwide house price index, Director of Benham and Reeves, Marc von Grundherr, commented: “We’re seeing strong evidence of sustained...

Responding to today’s figures from the Bank of England showing that mortgage approvals for house purchase increased further in October, while consumer credit...

Air Mortgage Club – the distributor for equity release and later life advisers – has today announced the launch of a new Large Case Concierge Service...

Multiple recent figures underline the scale of financial pressures building on UK households throughout 2020 from the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic,...

FORS is encouraging van drivers to ensure safe and efficient driving is front of mind, as the seasonal boom in eCommerce makes roads busier. Black Friday at...

Stonebridge, the mortgage and insurance network, has announced a number of new appointments to the business during its AR Update Conferences which took place...

StepChange Debt Charity is today delighted to announce that the Rt Hon Baroness Nicky Morgan will take on the role of strategic adviser to the charity’s...

Amigo Holdings PLC (LSE: AMGO)this morning announces its half year results for the six months ended 30 September 2020. Commenting on the results, Gary...

Just Mortgages is holding an Academy in January to bring new blood into the mortgage industry. The broker firm has already received over 750 applicants for its...

Following the Chancellor’s statement today, Chirag Shah, CEO, Nucleus Commercial Finance said: “We’re pleased to see the Chancellor announcing...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline has responded to the Spending Review, calling for urgent action to...

Responding to the Chancellor’s Spending Review for 2021-22, Robert Colvile, Director of the CPS, said: “Today’s spending review recognises the...

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection and general insurance (GI) proposition – which is part of Paradigm Mortgage Services – has...

From today, people who have experienced a temporary reduced income due to the pandemic can enter into the new Covid Payment Plan from StepChange Debt Charity....

The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has analysed current market health in the wake of the stamp duty holiday decision and how...

Freezing public sector pay for the next three years could save a cumulative £23 billion, according to leading centre-right think tank, the Centre for Policy...

Today, following a Special General Meeting (SGM) of the Chartered Banker Institute, we are pleased to announce the election of four new Trustees to our Board...

Amigo Holdings PLC (LSE: AMGO), a leading provider of guarantor loans in the UK, announces Michael Bartholomeusz will join the Board as a Non-Executive...

The MCI Club has today appointed Legal & General Home Finance to its growing panel, further strengthening its lifetime mortgage proposition to its members....

Connect for Intermediaries has appointed specialist protection advisers, Umbrella Protect, to its panel in a mission to transform the way that protection is...

The FCA have today confirmed further support for those mortgage borrowers affected by the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Commenting on the announcement, Head of...

Commenting on the Governor of the Bank of England’s speech today, which noted the need for ‘the financial services industry to support the economy,...

“While we are seeing positive news regarding a vaccine, banks cannot afford to sit back and wait for things to return to normal. Now is the time for banks,...

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has today released its response to 13 ambitious financial wellbeing recommendations from influential sector leaders,...

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

One in seven Scottish businesses fear they won’t be able to make rental payments during the rest of 2020, according to a Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)...

MotoNovo Finance has launched a new digital reservation tool that will be free until the end of February, that supports the move to online car sales 24×7...

New research from StepChange Debt Charity reveals levels of household borrowing and arrears attributable to coronavirus have soared to £10.3bn since the start...

After the 4.8% increase in unemployment reported by the ONS today, Rob Marshall, managing director of employee benefits platform, WorkLife, said: “More than...

Young Money has this week launched its ambitious new Money Heroes financial education programme, centred around an innovative and sector-leading online...

Mark Neath, Head of Corporate Finance at Old Mill comments on the fact that the Self-Employed Income Support grants for the current and next quarter will now...

Rob Marshall, managing director of WorkLife, said: “The Chancellor’s announcement will be hugely welcome for smaller firms who’ve been fearing they might...

The latest research by estate agent, Barrows and Forrester, predicts that the average UK homebuyer could see the initial cost of a mortgage deposit increase by...

The MCI mortgage club continues to expand its range of specialist lenders adding the Buckinghamshire Building Society to its panel. Following growing demand...

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 fell in September 2020 by 5% compared with...

The Money Advice Trust has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement that Self-employment Income Support Scheme grants will be calculated on the basis of 80% of...

The Financial Conduct Authority has today announced further proposals to support consumer credit borrowers impacted by coronavirus. Reacting to the...

Commenting on the announcement of a second lockdown, ONP managing director Adam Forshaw, said: “It’s really business as usual for us because the housing...

Residential property transactions increased by more than 20 percent in September compared with August sales. However, September’s figures of 98,010...

Today the Bank of England has released its Money and Credit data for September, showing a slump in the demand for credit following two months of increased net...

Commenting on the Bank of England Money and Credit figures, Jonathan Sealey CEO of specialist short term lender Hope Capital, said: “The Chancellor has...

Following the Bank of England Money and Credit statistics this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says, “Mortgage...

A survey of over 1500 used car buyers or those considering buying a used car reveals that independent dealers outperform dealer groups when it comes to their...

Positive news of higher savings levels and lower credit card balances over recent months is tempered by evidence of wider losses of income and lowering of...

Savers are set to miss out on millions in returns after an epic £75.5 billion savings haul in lockdown, according to a new report by Atom bank. On average...

The overall BVRLA lease fleet shrank by 3.6% year-on-year according to the latest Q2-2020 Quarterly Leasing Survey, as a 2.1% growth in the LCV fleet size...

“Charging for basic banking services must not become the norm for traditional banking. Customers will not accept this and it will just accelerate the...

To commemorate the first anniversary of its innovative Home Condition Report, HomeFact, research from Countrywide Surveying Services found that almost...

The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has highlighted which UK regions are predicted to benefit from the greatest level of house...

Rents increased in many rural areas and fell sharply in some cities over the summer as more UK tenants looked to relocate from town to countryside, according...

The Money Advice Trust has welcomed today’s announcement of an independent review into the current financial support measures in place for water customers....

Following coronavirus outbreak, Paysend facilitated more than double the volume and value of payments to Indian bank accounts. The COVID-19 pandemic is...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today added specialist mortgage lender, LiveMore Capital, to its panel. From today, Paradigm...

The bounce-back in used car sales since the initial lock-down measures were lifted has been encouraging for the motor retail sector. Increasingly, customer...

Data-powered integrated agency Jaywing, has announced the appointment of two senior team members to its financial and professional services team. With twelve...

“It is a fantastic time to be a mortgage broker. What we’re seeing at Just Mortgages is reflecting the national figures. In fact, we saw record numbers of...

“Explosive levels of buyer activity at the front of the sales process is continuing to yield a consistent increase where sold prices are concerned, albeit at...

It’s no secret that the pandemic has forced a nation of savers, but new research shows it has also triggered a profound shift in attitude towards spending....

Efma, the leading non-profit global association for senior decision-makers across the banking and insurance industries, is delighted to announce the...

The number of homemovers in the UK is set to reach its highest level for over a decade reveals the latest Property & Homemovers report from data...

Sammon Mortgages, the London and Essex-based mortgage broker, has appointed Karen Nicholls as sales director for the self-employed advice arm of the business....

The Money Advice Trust has welcomed today’s announcement from Ofgem strengthening protections for people struggling with energy bills. The new protections,...

The Money Advice Trust has welcomed today’s report on ‘Building the UK’s financial wellbeing in the light of Covid-19’. The report from the chairs for...

“When, at the start of 2020, MaPS invited 145 industry leaders to join the independent Challenge Groups to work towards the National Goals of the UK Strategy...

A new independent report, which contains 13 recommendations to address the urgent financial wellbeing implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, has been released...

Over half (53%) of people in their mid-life have never calculated when they can afford to retire1 according to latest research from Aviva as it launches its...

Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let lender, has joined the panel of Brilliant Solutions’ Mortgage Club. Members of the direct-to-lender mortgage club...

Stonebridge, the mortgage and insurance network, has today revealed a continuation of its recent record monthly lending volumes having processed over £1...

A team of financial services experts led by two former Barclays executives today unveiled their plans to launch Pennyworth, a new digital bank to serve the...

Money Advice Trust chief executive Joanna Elson has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to people in financial difficulty....

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business fell in August 2020 by 11% compared with the...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new business in the consumer car finance market grew 1% by volume and 8% by...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the return of its buy-to-let five-year fixed rate product which comes with...

The latest research from lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed the huge number of homebuyers that have already benefited from the current...

The equity release market showed the most change across all seven categories recorded by Knowledge Bank, with ‘Maximum Loan Amount’ being the only...

Commenting on the Halifax House Price Index, which shows that annual growth has hit highest levels since June 2016, Director of Benham and Reeves, Marc von...

The Right Mortgage has continued to take huge strides with their equity release proposition, The Later Life Lending Network, with the addition of Adrian Foulks...

Earlier this year, Aryza, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of software solutions into the lending, insolvency, credit and debt recovery sectors partnered...

For years, we’ve heard that branch banking is on the way out. Banks have been focused on the idea that younger generations want to do everything online, and...

Property platform OpenBrix has revealed that that the price premiums paid between odd and even house numbers are as high as £527,000 in some parts of the...

The latest Homebuyer Demand Hotspots Index from GetAgent.co.uk has found that the current stamp duty holiday has helped accelerate UK buyer demand in the third...

The latest Hometrack Rental Index, shows that: Rents in the UK rose by 2.1% in September compared to the same month a year ago; the average monthly rent now...

SOUTH AFRICA – The National Credit Regulator (NCR) released the Consumer Credit Market Report (CCMR) and the Credit Bureau Monitor (CBM). These reports...

Venio, the mobile application providing “nano-credit” facilities to unbanked consumers in emerging markets accessed via a smartphone, has expanded...

Amongst all the pressures on dealers to get ready for the FCA changes to motor finance; one bright spot is that they now have an extension to comply with the...

Scots trying to get their foot on the property ladder north of the border will benefit from the country´s first home fund for another year, following a recent...

A technology-driven professional services group is being launched in Scotland with more than £1m of initial backing – and it promises to start by disrupting...

Valentine Mulholland, Senior Policy and Propositions Manager at the Money and Pensions Service said: “The measures confirmed today will be helpful for people...

TransUnion, one of the UK’s leading credit reference agencies, has teamed up with Premier League football club Leeds United to take its education programme...

The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed what your town’s foreign twin says about the quality of your domestic...

The Money Charity’s popular monthly report on the UK’s finances, The Money Statistics, returns this month, painting a picture of a UK which has not only...

Estate agents have pulled in nearly £1bn in sales commission since the start of the year, according to homebuying platform, Yes Homebuyers. Yes Homebuyers...

Research from UK FinTech Paysend, a financial services business with a focus on financial education, highlights the need for the education system to...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has today responded to the Bank of England’s August Money and Credit...

Today the Bank of England has released its latest Money and Credit release for August, showing that net consumer borrowing increased for the second month in a...

Commenting on the Bank of England Money and Credit figures, Jonathan Sealey CEO of specialist short term lender Hope Capital, said: “We’ve seen similar...

The latest Rental Demand Index for Q3 from lettings management platform, Howsy, has revealed that demand for rental homes across the UK’s major cities has...

The Right Mortgage has announced today that, despite the many obstacles 2020 has shown so far, their network is still expanding which has resulted in a number...

Air Group, the collective of companies covering a range of retirement and later life services has today hired respected industry stalwart, Jon Tweed, as a...

Robert Marshall, managing director of WorkLife commented: “While any measure to keep people in work is a good thing, we cannot forget about those workers who...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement of the new Job Support...

Stonebridge, the mortgage and insurance network, has today launched newly-designed Performance Dashboards on its wholly-owned trading platform, Revolution,...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has extended its support and development teams with...

The Just Mortgages self-employed division has continued its rapid growth and has now passed the 300-broker mark. The self-employed division offers a solution...

Following the HMRC property transaction figures today, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “The health of the housing market...

Today’s deadline for responses to the Cabinet Office on Government debt collection practices sees StepChange Debt Charity submitting a detailed critique,...

Research from Indesser, a joint debt management venture between the Cabinet Office and TDX Group, shows 39% of people’s finances have been negatively...

Online car marketplace heycar is continuing to expand its reach, through a new partnership with Regit. It marks the latest step in their ongoing commitment to...

Jessica Szczelkun, has just joined, O’Neill Patient Group (ONP) as its first sales director. Jessica joins from SortRefer where she was sales and...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced a wide range of buy-to-let rate reductions across all product tiers and...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline has welcomed the FCA’s proposed further guidance on consumer credit and overdraft customers...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today (16 September 2020) announced additional guidance for firms on how to support users of consumer credit and...

Almost half of homeowners are on their provider’s Standard Variable Rate (SVR) and could make savings of up to £5,000 by switching to a new fixed rate deal,...

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of dedicated BTL lender Zephyr Homeloans (Zephyr) to its panel, with immediate effect. Zephyr, which lends to...

The FCA Policy Statement means that the industry must prepare for significant change to finance commission models. Already, MotoNovo Finance has demonstrated...

Commenting on the FCA’s guidance published today which confirms that mortgage lenders will be able to prioritise support for those customers who most need...

StepChange Debt Charity has today responded to today’s announcement by the Financial Conduct Authority of the next stage of support for mortgage borrowers...

Today’s Which? report showing the widespread nature of online financial scams draws attention to the problem that StepChange Debt Charity has previously...

As the Government’s CBILS initiative draws to a close this month, two British fintechs Ebury and MarketFinance, have joined forces to ensure SMEs across the...

Paradigm has today launched a new annual testing function as part of its CPD Academy. The CPD Academy provides Paradigm members with a range of educational,...

Zephyr Homeloans, part of Computershare Loan Services, has become the latest lender to join the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), bringing the...

Later-life lender LiveMore Capital will use Experian’s data services to understand and onboard new customers as it expands its presence in the over 55s...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business fell in July 2020 by 9% compared with the...

Mark Stokes, formerly Managing Director – Commercial Banking at Metro Bank, has joined United Trust Bank in the newly created role of Chief Commercial...

Home ownership aspirations for first-time buyers has fallen out of reach, according to new research. The average deposit for those buying their first home has...

The Moving Hub, the leading conveyancing platform and case management system, has claimed the title of Best Technology Based Conveyancing Firm – UK in the...

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL), the market-leading lending and deposits servicing software specialist, has entered into an exclusive agreement with Yabber, the...

Following the UK Finance figures this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “Looking back we can now see the full impact...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced that its Director of Marketing, Jeff Knight, will be leaving the business...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today introduced enhancements across its residential product range, designed for...

The first tranche of an additional £37.8 million to fund extra debt advice and other money support for people affected by Covid-19 has been allocated by the...

The latest automated decisioning technology from LendingMetrics has gone live at Fair Finance. The lender, which specialises in providing loans to those...

Today’s Money and Credit data from the Bank of England shows an increase in mortgage borrowing, while household borrowing increased £1.2 billion in July...

Amigo Holdings PLC, (Amigo), the leading provider of guarantor loans in the UK, announces results for the three month period ended 30 June 2020. Headlines...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline, has welcomed the FCA’s clear recognition in today’s proposed guidance for mortgage lenders...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today set out draft guidance to ensure that firms provide support to mortgage borrowers affected by Covid-19. This...

Stonebridge, the mortgage and insurance network, has today announced it processed well over £1 billion worth of mortgage applications during July. The network...

Online car marketplace heycar marks its first birthday by revealing that in the space of just 12 months it is now driving £40million-worth of sales a month to...

Following the property transactions release from HMRC, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software sales and marketing director, says “The latest figures from HMRC show...

UK businesses outperformed their international counterparts on a series of metrics tracking recovery from Covid-19 during July, according to Lloyds Bank. The...

Cardtronics, the world’s largest ATM owner/operator today announced it has taken over the management of Triodos Bank’s ATM network to provide the bank with...

The FCA’s Policy Statement and its reference to finance firms introducing risk-based pricing as a commission model that fits within the requirements,...

More than twice as many principals, advisers and administrators worry about the impact of a second coronavirus lockdown than about Brexit, according to a new...

Viva Wallet, a global, fully cloud-based digital payments factory, today brings its customers Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that helps...

Air Mortgage Club – the distributor for equity release and later life advisers – has today announced the addition of specialist mortgage lender,...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced rate enhancements for three of its five-year buy-to-let products, available...

Lockdown has changed the way millennials work, as new research from Trinity Business School reveals how the pandemic has created a new state of working that...

Online car marketplace heycar marks its first birthday by revealing that in the space of just 12 months it is now driving £40million-worth of sales a month to...

David Heathcote, personal insolvency expert at TDX Group, an Equifax company, comments on the latest UK personal insolvency market trends, predicting a steep...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business fell in June 2020 by 17% compared with the...

The FCA have today released their long awaited findings from their review into relending by firms offering high-cost credit. Commenting on the findings, Adam...

The Centre for Policy Studies today welcomed the publication of the Government’s White Paper, ‘Planning for the Future’. The think tank praised the focus...

Broker criteria searches in July provided strong indicators that the housing market is still being affected by the lockdown of the last three months, although...

Noble Systems, a global leader in omnichannel contact center technology solutions, is pleased to announce our recent partnership with English Heritage, a...

The number of people looking for used car finance has increased by 35% The clear trend is towards a lower monthly repayment with almost half of used car buyers...

NatWest Group have been working with open banking and affordability software specialists, Paylink Solutions, on developing their digital I&E tool to...

We are delighted to announce that we are relaunching our specialist consumer lending business as Oplo. Since 2009 we have been providing loans to customers...

FinTech company, Click2Check, has today announced Chartwell Mortgage Services as the latest advisory firm to sign-up for its Credit Assess product – the...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today set out draft vulnerability guidance to be given to firms. This guidance aims to ensure the fair treatment of...

Following this morning’s guidance from the FCA to help firms do more to protect vulnerable consumers, Matthew Drage, Director of Consumer Finance at...

Brits have a wider choice of credit cards and loans, because more lenders are returning to the market as the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions ease. Around half...

Today’s Money and Credit data from the Bank of England shows an increase in mortgage borrowing, but a significant net decline in consumer credit. Commenting...

The Financial Conduct Authority has today launched a second consultation on its revised guidance for firms on the fair treatment of customers in vulnerable...

Following the FCA announcement this morning to ban motor discretionary commission models, John Perez, Partner at DWF, said: “The concern for the industry...

Commenting on the FCA’s announcement that it will introduce a ban on discretionary commission models on 28 January 2021, Adrian Dally, Head of Motor Finance...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has announced the completion of its latest securitisation, Twin Bridges 2020-1 PLC, the fifth...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today responded to an increase in demand for shorter-term buy-to-let mortgage products by...

Commenting on the launch of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review, which sets out longer-term growth plans for the UK – including commitments to...

Europcar Mobility Group UK are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with the Leasing Broker Federation. Made up of over 170 broker members, the...

National debt charity StepChange and housing campaign group Generation Rent have joined forces to urge Robert Jenrick MP to ensure that no-one who has lost...

Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lender, has joined the mortgage panel at Openwork, one of the UK’s largest and longest established...

Landwood Group’s Commercial Asset Management division is expanding its headcount as it celebrates adding a leading health care provider to its books. The...

PropertyPal Mortgages, the mortgage arm of Northern Ireland’s leading property portal, has teamed up with eKeeper to launch its own mortgage pre-approval...

Amigo Holdings PLC, (Amigo or the Company), the leading provider of guarantor loans in the UK, announces results for the year ended 31 March 2020. Financial...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has welcomed the government’s confirmation that the new statutory...

StepChange Debt Charity warmly welcomes the publication of the draft regulations to implement a Breathing Space scheme that will give people in debt a better...

Following the news that the FCA has confirmed additional support for motor finance and high-cost credit customers who continue to face payment difficulties as...

Commenting on the FCA’s statement today which confirms further support for motor finance customers, Adrian Dally, Head of Motor Finance at the FLA said:...

Following confirmation from the FCA today on additional support measures for motor finance and high cost credit customers, Nick Hill, money expert at the Money...

Staff in the banking and financial services (FS) industry are three times more likely to follow processes “rigorously” than government workers, according...

Nivo has launched a new B2B digital messenger service as a direct result of feedback from its recently formed Second Charge Lenders Technology Steering...

With many bank branches closed or facing restricted operating hours due to the coronavirus pandemic, Yext, Inc. (NYSE: YEXT), the Search Experience Cloud...

Steve Bee, Director at WorkLife by OpenMoney, which provides free financial advice to workers at SMEs, commented: “With the number of employers who’ve...

New data from the MCI Club show that pre-mortgage activity in June has returned to the same levels as 2019. The data show diary appointments leaping more than...

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today urged the Welsh Government to open up the housing market at...

Stonebridge, the mortgage and insurance network, has today announced it has completed a further selection of updates and developments to its wholly-owned...

“Digitisation and regulation were already directing change in dealer finance; COVID-19 has moved the dial from ‘high priority’ change to ‘crucial’,...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has welcomed the Chancellor’s summer statement, with measures to...

Efma has released the latest edition of its annual review series that looks at how major retail banks and insurers are crafting their digital strategies of the...

Commenting on the Chancellor’s Economic Update, Stephen Haddrill, Director General of the Finance & Leasing Association said: “While we support the...

The Centre for Policy Studies responds to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s summer economic update, and his Plan for Jobs. On the temporary cut to Stamp...

Gary Bailey, managing director, Hope Capital, said: ““A nine-month increase in the Stamp Duty threshold is a welcome move which should kick-start the...

Innovation in used car dealer finance can be fundamental to the ‘new normal’ environment for car buying and retailing that is emerging as the UK comes out...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority’s proposed extension of...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business fell in May 2020 by 56% compared with the...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new business volumes in the consumer car finance market fell in May 2020 by...

Commenting on the FCA’s draft guidance for motor finance lenders, Adrian Dally, Head of Motor Finance at the FLA said: “The breadth of today’s guidance...

Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s radical changes to the planning system as part of his plans to guide the UK out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Katherine...

The nation’s favourite energy retailer Love Energy Savings is celebrating a record surge in customer conversions following the launch of their latest...

Global FinTech company Paysend today released a white paper focusing on the empowerment of women in low-income countries through international money transfers....

MotoNovo Finance has announced that it is now able to provide additional support to the dealer community as accredited ‘Introducer’ for the Aldermore...

The Progressive Building Society has added its criteria to the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank is a multi-award winning mortgage criteria search...

Euler Hermes, the world’s leading trade credit insurer, is to help Save the Children protect vital funds for international aid. For a premium costing less...

MCI Club has today rebranded and relaunched, with a new logo and a revamped website, putting technology at the forefront of everything it does. The Club’s...

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today urged the Welsh Government to go ‘further’ and...

Following the receipt of a full banking licence and the successful conversion of all of its existing investments into savings accounts, Castle Trust is pleased...

National residential surveying and valuations firm, SDL Surveying, has today revealed a positive set of results for May for both physical and desktop...

The FCA, the Treasury and the Bank of England must ensure their approach to forbearance and support for lenders are developed together. Commenting on the...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has welcomed proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority that will...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today (17th June 2020) announced its annual results for the 2019-20 year with strong growth...

MCI Club has integrated its digital broker platform Burrow into Knowledge Bank’s API to provide brokers with up-to-date criteria information when qualifying...

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has today published its Corporate Plan for 2020/21, outlining the organisation’s strategic priorities and its immediate...

Following a period of authorisation with restrictions, Castle Trust Capital plc (Castle Trust) has been granted full authorisation as a bank by the Prudential...

Stonebridge, the mortgage and insurance network, has today (15th June 2020) announced an increase in appointed representative (AR) adviser recruitment numbers...

The Home Buying & Selling Group (HBSG) has set up a working party to look specifically at the issue of property logbooks. Following on from the Hackitt...

Welcoming the letter to the Chancellor sent by more than 50 MPs and Peers calling for a Debt Management Bill to implement serious and systematic improvements...

Computershare Loan Services has donated £10,000 from its Charity Donations Fund to the Trussell Trust, a charity which supports a nationwide network of 1,200...

Women are more likely to be dishonest than men when working remotely, according to research by the University of Cologne. The research, conducted by Dr. Julian...

The government may have unveiled its plan for easing lockdown, but one startling fact remains — the pandemic is far from over. While schools and...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has welcomed today’s announcement of a £37.8 million package of...

TransUnion has appointed Tammy Taylor-Stowe as its new chief human resources (HR) officer for Europe. Tammy will be responsible for leading the HR strategy and...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business fell in April 2020 by 64% compared with the...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new business volumes in the consumer car finance market fell in April 2020...

With customer demands and behaviours evolving quickly in light of Covid-19, Will Hurst, Head of Commercial Development at Monevo, looks at whether traditional...

The level of trust among US finance professionals has declined far more sharply than among the general population over the past four decades, finds a new...

John Goodall, CEO at Landbay, says “Buy-to-let started the year really strongly and this is reflected in the UK Finance figures. January and February saw...

Following the UK Finance household finance review this morning, Richard Pike at Phoebus Software says: “We can now see exactly how the first quarter of the...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced Ipswich Building Society has lifted its postcode lending restrictions for...

The Financial Ombudsman Service received over 270,000 new complaints about financial businesses in the 2019/20 financial year, new figures published today...

In light of today’s FCA announcement regarding the extension of mortgage payment holidays, James Jones, Head of Consumer Affairs at Experian, said:...

Commenting on the FCA’s confirmation of the extension of mortgage payment holidays, Andrew Johnson, money expert at the Money and Pensions Service said:...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement today on extensions to the...

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today issued newly-published sector-specific guidance for...

Commenting ahead of the 1 June reopening date for car dealerships in England, Adrian Dally, Head of Motor Finance at the Finance & Leasing Association,...

Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Protect, the mortgage services and protection propositions, have today announced the winners of its annual Lender and...

Manchester-based property group Landwood has announced the promotion of Anna Main to the main company board – within months of joining the business. Anna...

Melanie Spencer has been appointed to lead the MCI Mortgage Club through its next stage of growth following Phil Whitehouse’s decision to step down from his...

New tech roles in banks has increased by a staggering +46% in the last three years – making traditional banks the most prominent recruiter for tech...

Commenting on the FCA proposals to support customers who are struggling to pay their mortgage due to coronavirus, Alastair Douglas, CEO of finance experts...

StepChange Debt Charity welcomes today’s proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority to extend the window for mortgage borrowers whose finances are...

Following the news this morning that the government has extended the mortgage payment holiday scheme by a further three months, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software...

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage services proposition, has today announced the addition of buy-to-let and specialist lender, Paragon Bank, to its...

The UK’s three largest debt charities have called on the Government to change ‘ineffective’ regulations on how councils collect council tax arrears to...

COVID-19 has significantly impacted most aspects of consumer’s lives, including how they shop and make payments. People are concerned for their finances,...