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MortgageGym.com, the world’s only regulated mortgage robo-adviser, will be launched in the UK in the coming months. The service will allow UK homebuyers to complete their mortgage application online in 15 minutes through a free, online portal combining robo- and live-broker advice. Mortgage Gym empowers brokers to acquire customers independently, operate a paperless business and…
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Consumer credit continues to climb in the latest data release from the Bank of England. Key numbers include: Total outstanding consumer credit (excluding student loans and property related debt) hit £196bn The collective credit card balance is £67.3bn Consumers borrowed an additional £1.4bn in February alone Approvals of loans secured on dwellings fell slightly in…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed new rules to help customers who are in persistent credit card debt. This follows the FCA’s study of the UK credit card market, which found significant concerns about the scale extent and nature of problem credit card debt. Under the FCA’s definition, credit card customers are in persistent…
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Quint Group has appointed Nicola Richardson as it’s new CRM Manager to help devise and drive the CRM strategy for the brand and to continue the site’s growth. Richardson brings ten years of CRM experience into her new role, having previously worked at price comparison site heavyweight moneysupermarket.com where she was involved in the delivery and optimisation…
Read moreConsumer expectations about house prices have bounced back to pre-EU Referendum levels after a period when the immediate ramifications of the vote were unclear according to data from the Building Societies Association Property Tracker survey. Almost half of consumers (49%) expect house prices to rise over the next 12 months. Just 10% expect them to…
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The share of British adults concerned about their future financial health has been slowly but steadily increasing since June 2016, according to a new survey of over 2,000 British adults by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, and ComRes. Almost 1 in 5 (19%) British adults think their personal financial situation will worsen over the next…
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The proportion of first-time buyers relying on inherited wealth or loans from the ‘bank of mum and dad’ has reached a historic high and the trend looks set to continue, new research by the Social Mobility Commission has revealed. The Commission warns that the increasing trend will have damaging consequences for social mobility as young people on…
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People’s confidence in their own finances grew stronger in February, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Spending Power Report. As the UK prepares to trigger Article 50, Lloyds Bank’s regular consumer survey – conducted in conjunction with Ipsos MORI – found that positivity towards personal finances increased by 5pp to 68% last month. That’s marginally…
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Equifax, has launched a bespoke Document Verifier solution to provide faster identity authentication for financial product applications using facial recognition. The solution can verify whether an applicant is genuine in a matter of seconds by comparing a live image of the applicant with a photograph of their passport or driving licence, both taken on a…
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Furness Building Society has announced the appointment of Euan Ballantyne in a new role as Head of Products. Ballantyne joins the Furness as a financial services business leader with experience and achievements across a range of Retail and Business banking sectors. Most recently he was Head of Mortgage Intermediaries programme for Tesco Bank, leading their development…
Read moreThe British Bankers Association (BBA) has released February 2017 figures for the high street banks. The data shows that household borrowing of £13.4 billion in February was 4.6% higher than in the same month last year. Main highlights included: The BBA’s latest high street banking data show that consumer credit is growing at an annual rate…
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has published it’s latest monthly statistics. The CML estimates that gross mortgage lending reached £18.2 billion in February. This is 8% lower than January’s lending total of £19.8 billion, and closely matches the £18.1 billion lent in February last year. Commenting on market conditions in this month’s market commentary, CML…
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Research from the last three years shows that consumers are throwing away an astonishing amount of money on subscriptions they rarely use including gym memberships, credit reports and TV streaming plans. However, the 2017 data finds that consumers are becoming savvier, with the number of people wasting money on subscriptions falling from 42 per cent…
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