Blockchain financial products are no longer merely standing at the edge of banking. They are beginning to reproduce some of its most profitable functions across banking’s own regulated landscape. Japan, for example, on Wednesday (July 15) passed a new parliamentary amendment placing cryptocurrency assets under the regulatory umbrella of “financial assets.” Previously, digital assets were…
Purchase applications fell 7% from the previous week and slipped 2% below the same week one year ago. Buyers continue to face a market defined by high home prices and a persistent shortage of affordable listings. As mortgage rates keep the US housing market subdued through 2026, those conditions have shown little sign of easing…
“I expect the parabolic rally to begin,” one analyst stated. Cardano’s native token has experienced heightened volatility lately, but the bulls eventually prevailed and decisively pushed the price above the June lows. Certain analysts believe ADA is poised for a much more substantial short-term upswing, and recent whale activity supports that scenario. Parabolic Rally…
The Treasury has confirmed that the Government’s current policy position is to increase the state pension age to 68 by 2039 rather than the legislated increase set in the Pensions Act 2007. This is consistent with the recommendation of the first state pension age review in 2017 that the legislated rise to 68 between 2044…
Buy-to-let lender Landbay has launched a telephone sales team to support brokers throughout the application process. The team, led by telephone sales manager Jon Braddick, will focus on communication, pipeline management and broker engagement, supporting cases from decision in principle through to mortgage offer. Landbay says the team will work alongside its business development managers…
Copper prices have climbed 12.5% since the start of the year, with Nvidia and Broadcom up around the same amount in that time.
Charles Street Finance has appointed Amjad Ibn-Abdul as a business development manager in the Midlands and South West. A former adviser with mainstream banks including HSBC, Lloyds and RBS, Ibn-Abdul joins from London-based lender Lakeshield, where he was a business development manager. Previously, he worked at commercial brokerage Rainstone Money, providing clients with commercial term…
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Between holographic Lincolns, manatee plushies, and a Secretary of Energy fielding questions from kids, the nation’s 250th birthday bash offered a rough sketch of where American innovation is headed.
Fleet Mortgages has made a series of criteria enhancements designed to support a wider range of landlord borrowers and limited company structures. The buy-to-let specialist lender will now consider joint applications involving foreign nationals where at least one applicant is a British passport holder, has Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) or settled status. It says that…