MPowered halts accepting mortgage applications as parent explores sale Mortgage Finance Gazette

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MPowered-parent MQube is exploring options for a sale of its residential and landlord mortgage lending platform following a strategic review.  

Stuart Cheetham and Richard Fitch

Fintech firm MQube says it plans to separate its technology and lending arms and “focus solely on its core technology business, positioning its proprietary AI-native platform for expansion across global markets”. 

It adds that as a result of the move, the business adds that MPowered will no longer accept new mortgage applications after 5:30pm on 28 Tuesday October. 

“All existing mortgage customers and MPowered broker-partners will continue to be fully supported and MPowered are proactively contacting customers to keep them informed,” MQube adds. 

MQube, launched in 2019, plans to appoint a corporate advisor to carry out the sale of MPowered, which was founded in 2021. 

MQube chief executive Stuart Cheetham (pictured, left)  says: “Our focus now is on making that technology available to lenders around the world.  

“This move will enable both businesses to achieve their full potential.”