Portfolio management platform, Lendlord, has launched an Open Banking integration that allows landlords to automate their cashflow and bookkeeping. Lendlord has been approved by the FCA to partner with Open Banking platform, Plaid, and enable users to link an unlimited number of bank accounts to their Lendlord account. This integration will allow Lendlord users to […]
Castle Trust Bank has recruited Robert Oliver to become the specialist lender’s new sales director. Robert has more than 20 years’ experience in intermediary lending, having previously held roles with Northern Rock, Virgin Money, Capital Home Loans and most recently with Together, where he was head of intermediary relationships. Castle Trust Bank offers bridging loans […]
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced its next-generation end-to-end corporate lending platform, designed to help banks digitally transform their entire corporate banking business to reduce cost and drive operational efficiencies, improve customer experiences, and create offers for customers that are tailored to individual corporate needs. The microservices-based platform helps banks automate their […]
Figures published today by HM Treasury show that over 1.5 million businesses across the country have been supported by the UK’s banking and finance industry through government-backed lending schemes. Over 39,000 small enterprises have received a Bounce Back Loan over the past month, with a total of 1.47 million businesses accessing the scheme since it […]
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has today launched its annual Business Outlook report, ‘Business Outlook 2021: Review. Realign. Recover,’ which reflects on the themes, activity and challenges of 2020 and forecasts what 2021 might bring across the industries in which Christie & Co operates, including the child centric sectors; nurseries, independent education, specialist […]
Thorntons Investment Management Limited has been provided with funding to support the acquisitions of Matheson Financial Consulting Limited and Sonas Wealth Management Limited by leading alternative finance provider for mid-sized SMEs, ThinCats. Thorntons Investment Management is an independent financial advisor providing a range of wealth and asset management services to high net worth individuals and […]
Independent research from GovGrant, the R&D and IP specialists, eases concern around the growth of a ‘tech bubble’ – where stock valuations are unsustainably inflated – forming in the market. The evidence suggests that despite current potential overvaluations of both public and privately owned UK fintechs, there is an opportunity for them to justify and […]
West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has announced its latest distribution partnership as it continues to roll-out growth plans for 2021, through Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG). PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network has appointed West One Loans on to its panel, with more than 8,000 advisers having access to its buy-to-let products and customer-focused end-to-end service. […]
With the stamp duty holiday looming and brokers and IFAs doing all they can to push completions through, Hodge has risen to the challenge by making a host of process simplifications, reducing its mortgage application processing by half over recent weeks. And to help intermediaries further, the specialist lender is accepting no-search indemnity insurance for […]
MCI Mortgage Club continues to expand its lender panel by adding a sixth building society in as many months. Mansfield Building Society is the latest mutual to come on board with MCI giving the club’s members more choice as the society has a range of distinctive mortgages. As well as residential and buy-to-let, Mansfield offers […]
