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    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Subprime lender Amigo Loans halts all lending as it winds down business

      Closure comes after failure to raise £45mn from investors

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Lex PopuliInvestments
      Subprime lenders: FCA is a finger-waving friend indeed to Amigo

      Regulator waives £73mn fine on lender

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      LexFinancial services
      Amigo: slap happy lender seeks its own guarantors Premium content

      A failure to pull in new funds would mean liquidation for the company, lower payouts for creditors and a wipeout for shareholders

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Amigo avoids £73mn fine due to ‘serious financial hardship’

      UK financial regulator said ailing company needed to preserve funds to repay customers

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Amigo warns on cost of living crisis as it seeks to restart lending

      Subprime lender braced for autumn as energy prices and inflation surge

    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
      Amigo plans to restart lending under new brand

      RewardRate will offer cheaper credit to those who pay back on time as part of subprime lender’s plans to resume business

    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      High Court approves Amigo Loans new business scheme

      UK judge’s acceptance of plan moves guarantor lender closer to resuming business

    • Monday, 7 March, 2022
      UK regulator hints at potential return to lending for Amigo Loans

      Financial Conduct Authority will not block new scheme at hearing this week but does not rule out intervention

    • Monday, 24 January, 2022
      LexFinancial services
      Amigo: subprime lender needs friends and funds fast Premium content

      UK group in Mexican stand-off with regulators and irked customers that leaves it imperilled

    • Monday, 29 November, 2021
      Amigo Loans faces collapse if it fails to resolve dispute with regulators

      Shares in UK subprime lender fall as it proposes equity raising

    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
      Amigo warns on survival despite swing to profit

      Subprime lender says it is no closer to avoiding collapse amid FCA dispute over customer complaints

    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
      City Bulletin
      Business picks up at guarantor loan provider Amigo Premium content

      Plus, Brussels to launch Nvidia-Arm probe and why industrial ‘sheds’ are hot right now

    • Saturday, 29 May, 2021
      News in-depthFinancial services
      Subprime lenders battle for survival as regulator takes harder line

      FCA intervention at Amigo Loans indicates shift in tone and attitude, say executives

    • Tuesday, 25 May, 2021
      Amigo Loans future in doubt after court blow

      Subprime lender’s shares fall 41% after judge refuses to approve compensation scheme

    • Tuesday, 25 May, 2021
      Helen Thomas
      Crackdown on high-cost credit leaves gap that must be filled

      The problems at Provident and Amigo underline need to scale up affordable alternatives

    • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
      Amigo Loans warns of ‘material uncertainty’ over future

      Revenues have dropped more than a third on a pause in new lending and payment holidays for borrowers

    • Monday, 19 October, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      Auditors can cut free but Boohoo needs a credible successor to PwC

      PwC puts distance between it and Boohoo; Amigo battles on

    • Monday, 19 October, 2020
      Amigo told not to pay dividends or bonuses without regulator approval

      Action by FCA follows attempt by founder to regain control of UK subprime lender

    • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
      Amigo defeats founder’s second attempt to seize control

      About 57% of votes go against James Benamor’s bid to rejoin the UK lender’s board

    • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
      Amigo’s ex-chief abandons plan to return to UK subprime lender

      Decision comes days before investors have to decide whether to back board or group’s founder

    • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
      Financial Ombudsman Service
      Financial Ombudsman defends approach after lender criticism

      Some in industry have accused it of being able to regulate companies out of existence

    • Friday, 28 August, 2020
      Financial services
      Amigo seeks to reassure investors after profits plunge

      UK subprime lender also involved in acrimonious row with founder James Benamor

    • Friday, 28 August, 2020
      Lex
      Amigo: sub-par lender Premium content

      This company’s story is in part that of disrupters writ large

    • Friday, 21 August, 2020
      UK companies
      Amigo Loans founder seeks to return as chief

      James Benamor wants to lead international expansion, despite vicious dispute with management

    • Monday, 20 July, 2020
      UK subprime lender Amigo warns on operations as it slumps to loss

      Group says there is ‘material uncertainty’ over its ability to continue operating

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