A "severely" ill director of an insurance brokerage has been banned by the FSA for failing to control the firm adequately.
The number of brokers operating in the intermediary mortgage market has further to shrink, according to the latest member survey from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA).
The Guardian Financial Group has launched Legal Issues, a free online legal service offering brokers access to a select panel of lawyers.
A new B2B networking site, IntroducerUK.com, has been launched to allow companies to source new business contacts based on their products, affiliations and lenders.
IFA firm Chartwell has unveiled its new look as it re-brands to bring its four separate business activities under the Chartwell name.
Mortgage Express is adding a new online binding decision facility to provide brokers with a more efficient, clearer and guaranteed way of doing business.
An online financial services broker specialising in life cover and secured loans is targeting advisers and mortgage brokers, in an attempt to open up the secured loans market.
Optoma Broker Solutions is refusing to take incoming calls from mortgage intermediaries until Wednesday morning.
Mortgage lenders have embraced the Financial Services Association's (FSA) treating customers fairly (Tcf) initiative but brokers have some way to go, the Intermediary Mortgage Lender's Association (Imla) has said.
Distributor Openwork has expressed concerns that mortgage lenders are not always consistent in their underwriting and processing of self-certification cases.