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Company update/retail

MPowered Mortgages offers cashback on home loans

MPowered Mortgages, the prime residential mortgage lender using technology to speed up the mortgage process, has today launched cashback of 0.30% on all loan sizes up to £1.5 million.

17 January 2024

Company update/retail

Alkami and Chimney forge home ownership pact

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) (“Alkami”), a leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the U.S., announced today that it has partnered with Chimney™, a fintech transforming how financial institutions use property data.

10 January 2024

Company update/retail

10x and Mast connect to enable real-time servicing for UK mortgage market

10x Banking, the transformational cloud-native SaaS core banking platform, and Mast, the cloud-native mortgage origination platform specialising in the UK market, are thrilled to announce their partnership, enabling real-time connectivity between the two systems.

09 January 2024

Company update/sustainable

Propflo aecures £860K to develop ‘Retrofit-as-a-Service’ for mortgage industry

Propflo, an award winning AI property platform, has been awarded over £860,000 by Innovate UK to further develop advanced data-driven portfolio approach to net zero and scale its ‘Retrofit-as-a-Service’ solution for lenders, intermediaries and estate agents.

12 December 2023

Company update/retail

ANZ expands ANZ Plus with release of digital home loan

ANZ has announced a new ANZ Plus digital home loan is available on iOS and Android, alongside a range of other new features designed to offer enhanced protection from scams and help customers better manage their money.

27 November 2023

Company update/retail

Stavvy acquires SigniaDocs from Evolve Mortgage Services

Stavvy, the fintech company reshaping digital and remote collaboration for lending and real estate companies, announced the acquisition of SigniaDocuments, a technology suite from Evolve Mortgage Services.

15 November 2023

Company update/retail

NCino signs OneSavings Bank

nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking for the global financial services industry, today announced a strategic partnership with OneSavings Bank (OSB) to provide the institution with a cloud-based single platform that will help streamline traditional banking processes such as underwriting and loan origination.

15 November 2023

Company update/startups

Perenna debuts flexible long-term fixed rate mortgage product

Perenna has officially opened up its flexible long-term fixed rate product (‘The Perenna Mortgage’) to new purchase customers and first-time buyers, within its pilot with L&C Mortgages.

15 November 2023

Company update/retail

Pega helps Shawbrook Bank reduce mortgage processing time in half

Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the low-code platform provider empowering the world’s leading enterprises to Build for Change , today announced that Shawbrook, a UK-based specialist savings and lending bank, has deployed Pega Platform to transform its buy-to-let mortgage underwriting process.

13 November 2023

Company update/retail

Digital lender Molo joins finova lender panel

finova Payment and Mortgage Services today announces its partnership with digital mortgage lender Molo, further expanding the portfolio of lending products available to finova’s directly authorised (DA) broker club.

30 October 2023

News/retail

Habito chalks up first monthly profit

Seven years from launch, digital mortgage broker Habito has recorded its first ever monthly profit.

16 October 2023

Company update/retail

MPowered Mortgages releases AI-driven marketing tool to help brokers attract customers

MPowered Mortgages, the prime residential mortgage lender using AI to speed up and simplify the mortgage journey for homebuyers and remortgagers, has today announced the launch of Marketing Assist.

16 October 2023

Company update/sustainable

Redwood offers cashback on new loan deals to enerygy-conscious landlords

A specialist business bank is strengthening its proposition for portfolio landlords with a new Green Reward cashback offer.

11 October 2023

Company update/retail

Perenna partners with with L&C Mortgages

Perenna has announced an exclusive partnership with L&C Mortgages as it begins lending this month.

02 October 2023

News/startups

Perenna opens waitlist on $52 million fund raise

UK mortgage lending startup Perenna has raised $52 million within weeks of securing an unrestricted banking licence.

28 September 2023

News/sustainable

Atom Bank to measure climate impact on mortgage book

Atom Bank is to assess the climate risks of its mortgage book using profiling technology from Kamma.

27 September 2023

Company update/retail

IDVerse and online digital lending platform Nimo partner to fast-track home loans

IDVerse, a world leader in digital ID verification (IDV), is transforming productivity in the financial services industry with Nimo, an award-winning online lending platform that delivers same-day, digitised lending from enquiry to settlement.

14 September 2023

Company update/people