United Trust Bank (UTB) and Freedom Finance have completed a second charge ‘industry first’ progressing a case from application to offer using the recently launched B2B Digital Messenger service developed by Nivo. The new system, which eliminates the need for email and post, enables a seamless digital transfer and sharing of key customer documents and […]
A Huddersfield housing scheme powered entirely by renewable energy is now fully occupied, following the completion of a multi-million-pound project to transform an old retail centre into 29 green homes by developer and landlord Euroconnect Properties. Lloyds Bank backed the firm with a seven-figure commercial loan for the project, which includes the installation of more […]
A financial services industry survey conducted jointly by FS Club and US-based Ravco Marketing in the summer of 2020, sponsored by Salesforce, found that the industry sees a silver lining resulting from the Covid-19 crisis. Most thought that the crisis had a positive effect on their customer and employee relationships, on the market fit for […]
The housing market gained momentum in July as the recovery continued, according to the July 2020 RICS UK Residential Survey. Anecdotal evidence suggests the Stamp Duty holiday, introduced from the 8th July, is playing a significant role in lifting demand. However, respondents do not expect this impetus to continue as wider government support measures begin […]
Lighter, faster, sleeker and equipped with fewer fripperies, South African import, Gordon Murray, flexes his well-groomed F1 muscles in ways that Iain Robertson believes to be standard setting, yet redolent of his largely unfulfilled youth! Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Others are just great; a classification that Gordon Murray fits like a handmade […]
Research from online broker forum, cherryplc.co.uk, reported that just under half of mortgage intermediaries are looking to acquire a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system for the first time, with only a third saying they are happy with their current technology provider. In the July poll on cherryplc.co.uk – which focused on technology – when quizzed […]
Barclaycard has launched Barclaycard Payment Intelligence (BPI), a new service which uses in-depth data analytics to provide procurement departments with the most comprehensive picture of their supply chain – driving cost efficiencies as result. The service combines hundreds of accounts payable data points with internal and third-party data. This helps customers develop the right payment […]
Cirrostratus Exedra, the fintech founded by ex-MP John Hemming, claims to offer more Open Banking Interfaces to financial institutions than any other Open Banking Third Party Provider (TPP) after successfully adding Hargreaves Lansdown, Investec and The Access Bank. Registered by the FCA to provide Account Information (AISP) as part of Open Banking, Cirrostratus Exedra is […]
New research from DSA Connect, an IT asset disposal company that specialises in the permanent deletion and destruction of electronic data, reveals that 30% of people say it has started to take longer for their employers to upgrade their hardware technology at work over the past five years, with one in five saying they are […]
IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has today warned that a “disproportionate and disturbing” drop in the number of self-employed will lead to a “brittle workforce” just when, going into a recession, it needs to be at its most agile. The comments came after the ONS survey revealed the number of self-employed […]
