Registration has opened for the NACFB Commercial Finance Expo 2020. The biggest industry event of the year returns to Hall 3A at Birmingham’s NEC on Wednesday 17th June 2020 from 9:30am until 4:30pm. The NACFB Expo remains the largest event of its kind in the UK and the best place for finance intermediaries to network […]
London’s landlords are failing to call the bottom of the market, unaware that discounts of 20% are already being achieved, property experts James Pendleton reveal today. The price behaviour that landlords are seeing on the property portals doesn’t tell the full story. In fact, incredible discounts are already being netted by proactive landlords seeking out […]
The blue-chip corporate reporting season is moving up another gear, with figures being released from the big five banks. HBSC has announced profits for 2019 plunged by 33%, and are axing around 35,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan. The financial organisations’ strategy overhaul has been designed to improve efficiency and lower cost-to-income […]
FundingXchange, a pioneering SME lending marketplace and intelligent decisioning platform, has partnered with leading fintech AccountScore to enable SMEs to reap the benefits of Open Banking by efficiently obtaining a greater number of personalised funding quotes. Matching businesses with dozens of lenders, FundingXchange provides SMEs with indicative offers and helps identify the best funding solution […]
The percentage of landlords opting for two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage products has reached a 12-month high with more landlords choosing shorter-term products compared to Q4 2018, according to Mortgages for Business. In Q4 2019, the proportion of landlords choosing two-year fixed rates had risen to 26% from just 8% in the previous year. The […]
Local relationship bank, Handelsbanken, has retained its top-ranking position in four of the five categories identified by the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) independent service quality survey for business banking, for the fourth time today. Built on sustainable values and a purpose beyond profitability, Handelsbanken places a predominant focus on customer satisfaction, providing high levels […]
UK peer-to-peer lending platform Propifi, has unveiled the launch of a new Innovative Finance ISA eligible investment opportunity, which enables retail P2P investors to benefit from targeted quarterly returns. An easy to use peer-to-peer (P2P) commercial lending platform, Propifi was established in April 2018, with a clear ambition to cater for the growth in the […]
According to the results in 2019, the cumulative volume of consumer financing granted by the financial holding Robocash Group since its inception in 2013 exceeded $603m. The total number of customers reached 9 million. Remarkably, one-third of 4.2 million of new clients that the company served in 2019 alone came from South and Southeast Asia. […]
With 2019 being characterised by market uncertainty and static growth forecasts, it appears that small business leaders are starting the New Year with a different set of priorities. Over a third say they are looking to improve sales (38%) – but those looking to cut back on costs have significantly dropped from 35% to 20%. […]
Monese has announced the next step in its global expansion with the launch of Romanian currency accounts. The new RON account from Monese comes with a Romanian IBAN and Romanian language customer support, a first for a global fintech servicing customers in Romania. With Monese, customers can open multicurrency accounts within minutes. Using their existing […]
