Thirdfort certifies as a B corporation
Thirdfort, a risk management platform combining Know Your Client (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Source-of-Funds (SoF) verification, has announced today its certification as a B Corporation (B Corp), joining a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit. Thirdfort has been certified by B Lab, the not-for-profit behind the B […]
New market analysis suggests buying power could reduce by up to 28%
According to Zoopla’s House Price Index (HPI) for August 2022, the housing market is transitioning to a buyers’ market as higher mortgage rates are set to cut buying power by up to 28%. It is also reported that some regions have seen 10 years of house price growth compressed into two years. Figures also suggest […]
Twenty7tec: Just how busy is the mortgage market in 2022?
Twenty7tec has released mortgage market figures to identify precisely how busy the mortgage market has been so far in 2022. The findings show that the total number of remortgage searches so far 2022 overtook the total volume of remortgage searches for the whole of 2021. In addition to this, there have been 5,615,206 remortgage searches […]
A unique legal event: Have you booked your seat at ClioCon London?
London’s most unique legaltech event of the year is just around the corner. If you haven’t booked your ticket for ClioCon London yet, time is running out to secure your seat. What is ClioCon London? Over the past decade, the Clio Cloud Conference (also known as ClioCon), held annually in the U.S., has grown to […]
Thirdfort’s AML and KYC increases speed of compliance process by 50% for Direction Law
Direction Law are an established firm with offices around the UK, specialising in conveyancing and wills and probate. The team at Direction Law found their manual AML processes were leaving staff bogged down with significant admin. To verify a client’s ID and source of funds, the firm had to request their necessary documents by post […]
Money laundering: New Bill to give SRA more power to fight economic crime
As the perpetual war on economic crime continues to be waged, a new Bill introduced into the House of Commons on 22nd September could be set to offer much needed reinforcements to solicitors’ regulators. The government’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022 – dubbed the “Economic Crime Bill 2.0 by the Law Society – […]
What they don’t tell you about setting up a conveyancing firm…
I set up Aconveyancing in 2017, after many years of working with firms of all sizes. My intention was to take the best parts of all those previous companies and merge them into my own. Sounds logical, right? Combine that with all the tips from experts, books and mentors and I’d have the recipe for […]
