News in brief - 13 July 2023

Landbay has launched a limited edition range of 18 standard five-year fixed rate products with rates starting at 5.15%. The buy-to-let lender has also added six new two-year and five-year fixed rate products for large HMOs and MUFBs, with rates starting at 6.59%. This is in addition to new fixed-rate products, which include two year and five-year fixed rates for small HMOs and MUFBs and for like-for-like remortgage products.

NatWest has enabled Tap to Pay on iPhone for all eligible businesses across the UK. The technology, which is provided by the Tyl by NatWest platform, allows for businesses with a simple solution to securely accept contactless payments using an iPhone and NatWest's Tap to Pay app, requiring no additional hardware or card readers. Merchants can now download the app on the App Store and can start accepting payments.

Later life lending firm, Air, has appointed Dan Holden as its new head of academy learning programme at Air Academy. With a background in higher education and over seven years' experience in developing training programmes, mentoring individuals and building educational business partnerships, Holden will start the newly created job role to help grow the engagement of the academy with individual advisers as well as wider corporate partners.

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