Seeking Alpha China (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Provident Financial has tightened its credit criteria four times in the past year and is now turning away 80 per cent of new customer applications
Times Online (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Provident Financial, the lender to Britain's poorest people, has reported a strong third quarter thanks to its conservative approach to lending, with no increase in arrears or impairments.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Subprime lender Provident Financial on Wednesday reported a growing customer base, saying it hoped to win more new business from banks as they tighten lending criteria and as recession looms.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer lender Provident Financial said on Wednesday its outlook for the full year was unchanged after customer growth in the third quarter remained resilient even as it tightened its lending criteria.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
* Says arrears and impairment in line with its expectations
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Specialist lender Provident Financial said Wednesday that its fiscal-year guidance remains unchanged following good progress in the third quarter. Customer arrears and impairment levels remain in line with plan and the group said it remains atrongly funded with over 70 million pounds of surplus equity capital and over 385 million pounds of headroom available on its committed...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
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Secured Loans (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Well known doorstep lender Provident Financial has reported healthy figures for the first half of this year both for its loans division and its credit card division. The lender operated that sub-prime credit card, Vanquis, and has seen a healthy rise in borrowing on the credit card according to recent ...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Peter Crook would go down like a lead balloon in the rarefied atmosphere of an Islington dinner party. As the chief executive of Provident Financial, Britain's biggest doorstep lender, the burly Lancastrian lends money to poor people at stratospheric rates of interest and is proud of it.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
Specialist lender Provident Financial has tightened criteria on its card products four times since the credit crisis took hold as it steels itself for a broad economic downturn.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Subprime lender Provident Financial posted a 34 percent rise in half year profit, slightly ahead of market forecasts, and said it expects to expand customer numbers further in the second half.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - British subprime lender Provident Financial posted a 34 percent rise in half year profit, slightly ahead of market forecasts, and said it expects to expand customer numbers further in the second half.
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
Provident Financial, the lender that specialises in loans to low income households, has begun early stage plans to launch a deposit-taking business.
