Vikki Brownridge, currently Director of Operations at StepChange, will become the charity’s new CEO on 1 May 2023, taking over from Phil Andrew who leaves...

Broker Conveyancing, the broker-focused conveyancing distributor, has today announced the appointment of two new Account Managers. Both Joe Hart and Natasha...

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has announced the renewal of its partnership with...

New YouGov polling by StepChange Debt Charity for Debt Awareness Week reveals the dire state of household finances over a year into the cost of living crisis,...

tell.money announced that KYP, a leading real time and proactive alerts risk intelligence platform, has been selected as a their global data orchestration...

‘This has been badged as the ‘Budget for Growth’ but for most individuals, this may be seen as the budget of bland ideas. The chancellor simply could not...

Commenting on the full expensing announcement in today’s Budget, Stephen Haddrill, Director General of the FLA, said: “When it comes to pro-business...

The Money Advice Trust has today welcomed  measures outlined in the Chancellor’s Budget to help households struggling with rising energy costs, including...

“It was vital that today’s budget set out bold plans that targeted support at the millions of households facing real financial difficulty following more...

In the last three months of 2022, mortgages agreed for the coming months were down by a third (33.5%) from the previous three months, and down a quarter...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed where the nation’s estate agents have been hard at work selling homes, as the number of properties...

Phoebus has completed the smooth migration of Keystone Property Finance’s back mortgage book onto the Phoebus servicing solution in just seven weeks. In May...

ONP Group, the leading legal services provider, is integrating its systems with ChatGPT in order to remove administration tasks and enhance its customer...

Research from eXp UK, the network of personal estate agents, has revealed that while widespread fears of a current market downturn are yet to materialise, some...

With a typical household’s bills set to rise by nearly £1,300 a year from April, a study by Money Wellness, a wellbeing platform specialising in free debt...

The latest research by lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has shown that despite house prices continuing to climb over the last year, foreign buyers...

The Money Advice Trust has today welcomed new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance for mortgage lenders to support customers impacted by the cost of...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 1% in January 2023 compared with the...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer car finance new business volumes fell in January 2023 by 3%...

Analysis of the latest Bank of England data on average quoted household rates from Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces,...

Newpay, a digital credit account that spreads the cost of online purchases, has partnered with THG to offer its customers a flexible and regulated way to pay...

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition – which is part of Paradigm Mortgage Services – has today added friendly society,...

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has announced continued strong mortgage application and completion growth throughout 2022 at its...

More than 18,000 new StepChange Debt Charity clients completed full debt advice in January 2023, which is at least 22% higher than any single month in 2022,...

Following this morning’s Bank of England’s Money and Credit data, Paul Heywood, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Equifax UK, commented: “Despite a...

Strong demand, record used car prices, and a struggle to source used stock were the key themes of the UK market in 2022. The signs in the year to date are that...

New figures from the Insolvency Service show nearly 88,000 IVA’s were registered in England and Wales in 2022, the highest annual number since records...

Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces, is renewing its partnership with independent, award-winning think tank the Centre for...

Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap would have been £3,280 from April – down £999 or 23% from the current cap of £4,279. In reality, the energy...

The Later Life Lending Network is proud to announce its 6th anniversary, marking six years of exceptional service in the equity release industry. Since its...

UK fintech start-up ZIPZERO has successfully raised over £1 million in seed funding. ZIPZERO is a consumer app that allows users to receive cash rewards by...

The UK is experiencing an unprecedented energy crisis as the true cost of winter begins to be seen, with many millions of households living in fuel poverty,...

In the wake of a tumultuous 2022, the UK energy and utilities sector is set to remain a major focus in 2023 as it navigates a complex landscape of intersecting...

Tandem Bank has announced that it has agreed a partnership with The Right Mortgage & Protection Network to provide its members with access to Tandem’s...

The latest consumer confidence index from Gfk, released today, has shown that consumer confidence rallied in February, following the historic lows seen in...

Leading mortgage and protection firm, Access Financial Services, has appointed Peter Phillips as the new training manager for its academy in a bid to have over...

tell.money, the fintech that delivers innovative and rapidly deployable open banking services for banks and other account providers has contracted to integrate...

Just Mortgages believes that the term Shared Ownership is acting as a barrier to the very borrowers it is designed to help. They state that feedback from...

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has launched a benefits calculator in partnership with Scottish fintech Inbest. The free tool will be embedded into...

Research by the Gradual Homeownership provider, Wayhome, has revealed that while the pandemic market boom saw a record increase in the number of first-time...

Today the ONS released data on debt and wellbeing, finding that more than a fifth of adults in Great Britain (22%, equal to around 11.5 million people)...

Research by leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK shows that nearly one fifth of UK landlords (18%) surveyed still have commercial properties with an...

UK consumer lender Fluro has today launched the first edition of its quarterly“Consumer Lending Newsflash”, examining current trends across UK consumer...

Following this morning’s release of the HMRC monthly property transaction figures, Simon Webb, managing director of capital markets and finance at LiveMore,...

The HMRC’s property transactions  show a 27% fall in January from December. Adam Oldfield, chief revenue officer at Phoebus Software, said: “This is a...

Property sales (non-seasonally adjusted) plummeted 27% in a month, to hit 77,390 in January. They’re 7% lower than a year earlier. Non-seasonally adjusted...

Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today added specialist buy-to-let lender, Quantum Mortgages, to its lender panel....

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has published a major piece of research, undertaken by Britainthinks, that asked what improvements customers would...

Conveyancers who attended this year’s Conveyancing Association Annual Conference & Dinner were urged not to focus on competing with technology in the...

Consumer finance new business grew by 13% through 2022 compared to the previous year according to the latest FLA data in a strong year for the sector as...

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

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer car finance new business by value and volume fell in December 2022...

Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today launched a new video providing an update for intermediaries on preparing for...

Hot on the heels of a clear warning by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that too often, the mandatory Consumer Duty implementation plans were too light on...

Retail sales volumes rose 0.5% in January, after falling 1.2% in December. They’re still 1.4% below their pre-covid level in February 2020. Sales are...

“The latest card spending figures from UK Finance show the continuing impact of the ongoing cost of living crisis, with credit card spend for November 2022...

Research from eXp UK, the network of personal estate agents, reveals that reduced homebuyer activity has led to a -30.5% drop in UK house sales, and that one...

There were 355.1 million credit card transactions in November. This was 0.3% more than in November 2021. The total spend on credit cards was £19.6 billion....

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has announced that Ann Harris OBE, CPFA has been reappointed to its Board by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)....

House prices fell 0.4% between November and December (non-seasonally adjusted). Average house prices were up 9.8% in the year to December – down from...

Inflation continued to ease in January, with CPI falling 0.6% in the month, while annualised inflation slowed to 10.1% from 10.5% in December. The slowing rate...

Following the latest ONS CPI figures this morning, Adam Oldfield, Phoebus Software’s chief revenue officer, says “All in all the UK economy seems to be...

Responding to Office for National Statistics figures showing the Consumer Price Index stood at 10.1% in January, the Money Advice Trust is calling for the...

Today HM Treasury has opened a consultation on draft legislation to bring Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) lending under regulation of the Financial Conduct Authority...

The Money Advice Trust has today welcomed plans to bring Buy Now Pay Later firms under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulation, and has urged the...

Pepper Money has announced the appointment of Andrew Voss as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Andrew has over 20 years’ experience in financial...

We’re being driven back to work. There was a record flow out of economic inactivity in the year to October-December – driven by people moving into work....

Earlier today it was announced that Sir Hector Sants would be succeeded by Sara Weller CBE as Chair of the Money and Pensions Service. Sir Hector, who has been...

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has today announced it is the first partner of L&G Mortgage Club to gain direct access to digital...

The Lending Standards Board (LSB) has stepped in and made further updates to the Contingent Reimbursement Model Code (CRM Code) in a bid to stamp out...

Specialist lender Together has today announced that it will be reducing its rates for its mortgage and regulated bridging products. The Cheadle-based lender...

Adra Housing, North Wales’ largest housing association, has secured a £40m, five-year sustainability-linked loan from its new banking partner Lloyds Bank to...

Dublin, Ireland – Companjon, a leading insurtech specializing in digital-driven embedded insurance, today announced its partnership with bunq, the second...

LiveMore has appointed three new sales staff as it continues to grow and establish itself as the ‘go-to’ mortgage partner for intermediaries advising...

New figures out this week from the Bank of England show that loans made to members of the UK’s 388 member-owned, not for profit credit unions stood at a...

“Families are facing numerous challenges, and an interest rate hike is the last thing they need. The Bank of England argues that increasing interest rates...

The Financial Conduct Authority’s renewed proposals to ban debt packaging firms from accepting referral fees are hugely welcome. With so many people...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has today voted to increase interest rates to 4 percent, a rise of 0.5 percentage points – the highest...

The Bank of England’s announcement of a 0.5% rate rise today brings the base rate to 4.0%, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. StepChange Debt...

Following the Bank of England’s announcement to raise interest rates from 3.5% to 4%, Andrew Gething, managing director of MorganAsh said: “With a clear...

Credit Unions are lending record sums to borrowers in the UK as the cost of borrowing continues to rise, according to analysis of the latest Bank of England...

Phoebus has partnered with mortgage origination software provider Mast, giving its lender clients the option of using the Phoebus servicing solution to create...

The Consumer Duty is a “watershed moment” for firms offering investment services and financial advice, that must be taken extremely seriously, Therese...

“December is traditionally a slower month for mortgage lending so it is no surprise that the Bank of England’s figures are low. But it is house purchase...

Commenting on today’s Bank of England Money & Credit data, Emma Steeley (CEO of Freedom Finance, one of the UK’s leading digital lending marketplaces)...

Following the BoE figures this morning, Adam Oldfield, chief revenue officer at Phoebus Software, says “Mortgage approvals in December were unsurprisingly...

Broker Conveyancing, the broker-focused conveyancing distributor, has today announced the appointment of a new Area Director. Charlotte Felton starts with...

Personetics, the global leader in financial data-driven customer engagement for financial services today released a report titled Spotlight On Europe: Banks...

Just Wealth, the financial services arm of national brokerage Just Mortgages has revealed today that they exceeded their 2022 referral target from sister firm...

House price growth slowed to 6.5% at the end of 2022. Supply is rising: the average agent has 23 properties for sale, up from a low of 14 in early 2022. Demand...

Loughborough Building Society has been added to the later life lending panel of Advise Wise to incorporate its borrowing into retirement product range. This...

Following years of unbridled growth, average UK house prices are finally falling but this is doing little to offset soaring interest rates being faced by...

The latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that while 155,000 home sellers could be impacted by a drop in house prices,...

Leading mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services, has reached 200-advisers following an unprecedented year of growth. The six-year-old firm...

Recognise Bank, the digital SME lender and savings provider, today announces that its parent company, the City of London Group plc, has delisted its shares...

A new report released has claimed that the UK, the first mover and, until now, seen as a global leader in Open Banking will lose that leadership position this...

Following the FCA’s new review of the implementation of Consumer Duty, in which it has been reported that some firms are falling behind, Richard Farr,...

LiveMore has rebranded with strong messaging that reflects its new broader product range. Now offering capital repayment mortgages as well as interest-only,...

The latest data from Credas Technologies, the leading identity verification provider, has revealed that a January spike in AML activity across the property...

As the FCA’s multi-firm review highlights areas of focus for firms implementing Consumer Duty, Andrew Gething, managing director of MorganAsh said: “With...

In 2021/22, average household disposable income (median) was down 0.6% to £32,300. The poorest fifth were hit hardest, with disposable income down 3.8% to...

Average UK rents increased again during Q4 2022, according to The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS). The UK’s largest protector of deposits’ quarterly...

Today StepChange Debt Charity is marking 30 years of helping people deal with their debt problems. Originally known as The Consumer Credit Counselling Service...

Unsecured personal loan rates are growing at their fastest ever pace, according to analysis of the latest Bank of England data from Freedom Finance, one of the...

The latest insight into the rental market from Ocasa has revealed that the average tenant is paying 23.5% of their net earnings on the cost of renting,...

Mortgage demand plummeted in the wake of the mini-budget, and is expected to keep falling. Demand for credit cards and loans fell, and is expected to continue....

Broker Conveyancing, the broker-focused conveyancing distributor, has today announced the launch of a new Survey product for advisers, in partnership with The...

The latest insight into the rental market from Ocasa has revealed that the average tenant is paying 23.5% of their net earnings on the cost of renting,...

House prices fell for the third consecutive month. Buyer demand, the number of sellers and property sales were also down. More respondents said prices had...

The UK financial services industry is facing an impending “advice gap” as a large number of financial advisers are set to retire in the next few...

House prices fell 0.3% between October and November. Average house prices were up 10.3% in the year to November. This is down from 12.6% in October, and backs...

The latest UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) figures, published today by the Office for National Statistics, show that CPI rose by 10.5 percent in the twelve...

CPI inflation fell slightly to 10.5% in December, from 10.7 in November and 11.1% in October. It could be downhill all the way from here – just very slowly....

The latest analysis from specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital, has revealed that the nation’s homebuyers are turning to equity release to help...

Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services, has unveiled its first academy of 2023. Last year, Access FS graduated 100 advisers over the...

Paradigm Protect, the directly authorised protection proposition – which is part of Paradigm Mortgage Services – has today added Group Insurance...

In the year to September-November, after CPI inflation, real pay (including bonuses) fell 3.9% and regular pay (excluding bonuses) fell 3.8% – one of the...

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that: Growth in average total pay (including bonuses) and regular pay (excluding bonuses) among...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer car finance new business volumes fell in November 2022 by 6%...

New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business fell by 6% in November 2022 compared with the...

Over 12 million people are now borrowing money for food or essential bills and half of them are doing so for the first time in their lives, new research...

LiveMore is bringing back fee assisted mortgage products, which includes a free standard valuation and has no product fee, giving borrowers aged 50-90+ more...

The latest market analysis by property purchasing specialist, House Buyer Bureau, reveals which areas of the UK have endured the biggest house price drops...

The latest insight into the UK rental market from Ocasa has revealed where the nation’s renters face the biggest hurdle in securing a home, due to these...

Research by peer to peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, has revealed that while the property industry buckles up for a period of market...

OneDome, the Proptech company behind the world’s first eHomebuying platform, announces the acquisition of mortgage brokerage firm CMME Mortgage and...

The Consumer Helpline is delighted to announce a new ownership structure following a Buy-in Management Buy-out (BIMBO) funded by SME Capital. This is SME...

PayPlan continues to act on its commitment to improving its services for customers with low numeracy levels after a second wave of staff became Plain Numbers...

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has today welcomed the appointment of Rob Clifford to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA)...

Research from estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has shown that the level of new housing stock entering the property market for sale has almost...

The annual growth of credit card borrowing rose from 11.5% to 12.2% in November. We withdrew £5.2 billion of easy access cash earning no interest and £1.6...

Trade and representative bodies covering the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association (CA), have...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the appointment of Sarah Hartwell as a Regional Account Manager. Sarah...

Research from estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has revealed that tenant demand has started to fall across England’s rental market, with...

Consumer credit borrowing shot up in November with an additional £1.5 billion of consumer credit, driven primarily by credit card borrowing (£1.2 billion)...

The annual growth of credit card borrowing rose from 11.5% to 12.2% in November. We withdrew £5.2 billion of easy access cash earning no interest and £1.6...

Reporting on the Bank of England Money and Credit data published this morning, Leon Diamond, CEO at LiveMore, comments: “It has been an up and down market...

Following the announcement from the Bank of England today that net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals increased from £3.6 billion to £4.4 billion in...

StepChange Debt Charity client data for November 2022 shows the cost of living is still the number one driver of debt among new clients, with more than one in...

Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today launched Paradigm Insights, a series of short interviews with senior lending...

Spiralling bills and costs have seen the average adult’s debt (not counting mortgages) in the UK rise from £25,879 to £34,566 (£8,687) in 2022, with four...

The Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline and trains debt advisers in charities across the UK, has today announced...

Following this morning’s HMRC property transactions announcement, Karl Wilkinson, CEO at Access Financial Services said: “It was a pleasant surprise to see...

Stonebridge, the national mortgage and insurance network, has today announced the appointment of a new Business Development Manager (BDM) responsible for its...

Sharp increases in the cost of living, coupled with a real terms fall in wages and existing Christmas spending pressures are causing high levels of financial...

Christmas is coming and, for some of the UK’s over-50s, the goose is still getting fat. Inflation may be driving up the prices of food and fuel, but a...

Chief Executive of StepChange Debt Charity Phil Andrew has today announced that he is stepping down in 2023 after five years in post. Phil will remain in post...

Moneyhub, the market leading Open Finance, Open Data, and payments platform, today announces that it has secured a further £15 million in funding from leading...

Following the Bank of England’s announcement to raise interest rates to from 3.0% to 3.5%, Andrew Gething, managing director of MorganAsh said: “Today’s...

The half percentage point rise in Bank rate announced today, while expected, will be a worry to the four million mortgage holders already identified by the...

PayPlan has been named Debt Advice Provider of the Year for the second year running at the Collections and Customer Services Awards. Peter Munro, Partnerships...

Commenting on the impact on consumer credit regulation in the wake of the Chancellor’s Edinburgh Reforms, partner Whitney Simpson, said: “The...

Average house prices were up 12.6% in the year to October. This is up from 9.9% in the year to September, but down from the peak of 14.8%  in the year to...

Freedom Finance, a leading digital embedded lending marketplace, has launched an improved auto finance service – and is now able to offer PCP options (PCP)...

The latest UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) figures, published today by the Office for National Statistics, show that CPI rose by 10.7 percent in the twelve...

Market analysis by Unlatch, the new homes sales progression and aftercare platform for developers and house builders, reveals that British new-build house...

The Bank of England has revealed mortgage data in the run up to the mini-budget – which took place 7 days before the end of the period. The value of...

Eight in ten people (81%) are cutting the amount they spend on gifts this Christmas according to new research from Hodge, which found more than half (53%)...

”As I read through the Mortgage Market forecast for 2023 from UK Finance there was a certain amount of pessimism with a prediction of overall mortgage...

The UK Finance mortgage market forecast due for release this morning is for gross lending to be lower in 2023 and 2024 than this year. Simon Webb, managing...

UK Finance has today published its mortgage market forecast for 2023 – 2024, anticipating a softening in the mortgage market next year that marks a return...

Commenting on the Reform of the Consumer Credit Act consultation, published today by Government, Stephen Haddrill, Director General of the Finance &...

Following the publication of UK Finance Household Finance Review Q3...

Full steam ahead on a new personalised guidance regime. Clear demonstration of support right across the house. The Bill amendment called for by Harriett...

Following the UK Finance Q3 review figures this morning, Richard Pike, Phoebus Software chief sales and marketing officer, says “Although the data in the...

Following the report stage of the Financial Services and Markets Bill, Chris Hill, CEO of Hargreaves Lansdown said: “I’m delighted that the Minister...

Impact Specialist Finance, the leading specialist packager and distributor, has launched a brand-new ExPat mortgage product with Dudley Building Society. This...

Squeezed household finances and the highest level of inflation for decades have resulted in fewer than one in five (18%) of Scots saying they will comfortably...

New research out today from Smart Money People, the UK’s dedicated financial services review site, has found that broker satisfaction with UK mortgage...

Squeezed household finances and the highest level of inflation for decades have resulted in fewer than a quarter (24%) of people surveyed by YouGov for...

In November, prices were down 2.3% in a month to an average of £285,579. This is the third consecutive month of falls, and the largest since the financial...

In response to CP22/27 – the FCA’s proposals to clamp down on illegal, unfair or misleading financial marketing – Alain Desmier, Managing...

Christmas is usually the busiest time of year for people to spend time with friends and family, however, only 1 in 4 people surveyed say they will be going on...

“Based upon my regular dialogues with dealers since the end of lockdown, one thing has dominated the daily lives of many of them; finding enough time in...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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