HSBC Conveyancing Panel Update for CQS Members
The Law Society and HSBC are in the final stages of agreeing the processes that will ensure that the bank’s systems incorporate all Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) firms onto its mortgage conveyancing panel. The new process, agreed in May, will be rolled out across England & Wales on the 29th August following a pilot of […]
Co-operative shakes up banking market. Is conveyancing next?
In a deal worth £750m the Co-operative Group is set to grow to nearly 1000 branches. The move sees the acquisition of Verde, TSB and Cheltenham & Gloucester brands, in what the BBC’s business editor Robert Peston described as “the deal of the millennium”. Lloyds and Co-op agreed commercial terms in June and announced last […]
Data driven crime hits record levels
The latest Fraudscape Bulletin, which analyses records of the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service (CIFAS), shows that over the last year fraudulent activity has reached new highs. £· 130,706 confirmed frauds were recorded to the National Fraud Database by CIFAS Members in the first half of 2012; a 5% increase from the second half of 2011. […]