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Evening Standard
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Simon Hunt

Amigo Loans swerves £73 million fine due to ‘financial hardship’

(Amigo/PA)

The scale of misconduct by Amigo Loans was laid bare today after the Financial Conduct Authority said it would have imposed a £73 million fine, were it not for the poor financial state the subprime lender was in.

It follows a months-long investigation by the watchdog, which found the firm had poorly-designed IT systems with flaws in its assessment of affordability and creditworthiness.

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