Legal & Compliance

Legal & Compliance

Controversial referral deals win qualified support after BBC report

These are interim findings of a probe following a BBC Panorama documentary ...

Coadjute joins FCA Live Testing Sandbox

Coadjute, the governance, risk management and compliance platform backed by Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest and Nationwide, has announced that it has been accepted into the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) AI Live Testing Sandbox. ...

Companies House disciplines over 100 staff for compliance breaches

Companies House disciplines over 100 staff for compliance breaches ...

Most ID checks still manual, warns compliance team

SmartSearch claims 54% of identity checks are still manual. ...

Help for lenders navigating complex ESG regulation

An API solution designed to help lenders navigate ESG regulation ...

Industry split over regulatory change prospects in 2026

Lenders are split according to new research from Target Group. ...

Big guns target payment diversion fraud during property transactions

Victims lose a staggering £82,000 each on average ...

Shocking figures show extent of conditional selling scandal 

High proportions of buyers are pressured into using agents' in-house brokers ...

Influential support for campaign to expose ‘conditional selling’ 

The HomeOwners Alliance is a powerful voice in the property sector ...

Illegal Finfluencers – Industry welcome for FCA’s international crackdown 

In the UK, the Financial Conduct Authority has issued 50 warning alerts ...

Mortgage Revolution – government urges relaxation of lending rules

The government wants regulators not to get in the way of economic growth ...

Brokers given help with compliance by platforms working together

Rockstone Compliance and Acre work together ...

FCA slammed as “incompetent at best, dishonest at worst”

There's scathing criticism in a report from an all-party group of MPs and Lords. ...

County Court Judgement ignorance amongst mortgage applicants

Over a quarter of people think they need to wait at least five years after receiving a CCJ before applying for a mortgage. ...

Lenders take too long on mortgage offers claims agent

Estate agents’ body Propertymark has issued a report called ‘A Dickensian Legal Process’ exploring why it takes long and longer to exchange contracts on a property for sale. ...

Biggest decline in mortgage rates since October 2024

Mortgage rates recorded their biggest monthly fall since October 2024...

More mortgage rate misery to come

Rising swap rates are pushing lenders to reprice fixed deals,...

A million homeowners face £283 monthly mortgage hike

More than a million homeowners who took out mortgages in...
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