Barbon Insurance Group, which trades as HomeLet and Rentshield Direct, has now snapped up Movem. Movem uses personal online banking transaction data...
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![Rent payments and credit scores - new partnership to benefit renters](/img/default/lat.png)
Rent recognition platform CreditLadder, which enables renters to add their payments to their credit history, has announced a partnership which aims...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rent payments adding to creditworthiness: more progress announced](/img/default/lat.png)
The Rent Recognition Challenge, an initiative to use technology to help share renters' payment histories with lenders and credit reference agencies,...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned of growing arrears if wider economy doesn't improve](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents and landlords have been warned to expect a possible rise in arrears in the coming months if conditions in...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Next phase of Rent Recognition Challenge revealed this week](/img/default/lat.png)
The next phase of the government’s Rent Recognition Challenge takes place this week, as six short-listed PropTech companies know which will...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm questions whether long-term tenants need referencing](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Use technology to offset cost of fees ban, says PropTech chief](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the PropTech companies at the centre of the Rent Recognition Challenge contest is calling on letting agents to use...
15 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech start-up wants progress on counting rent towards creditworthiness](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the six PropTech start-ups shortlisted to develop a system allowing tenants’ rental histories to count towards their creditworthiness says...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Another £1.4m of public funding for PropTech 'help tenants buy' projects](/img/default/lat.png)
The government says that later this year it will allocate a further £1.4m to PropTech firms looking at how tenants’ rent...