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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Anna Wise

Close Brothers says £320m car finance hit can be ‘comfortably absorbed’

Around 600 jobs are being axed at Close Brothers (Alamy/PA) -

Close Brothers has said it can “comfortably” swallow up costs of around £320 million to compensate people mis-sold a car loan, sending its share price up sharply.

Shares in the lender were up by nearly a fifth on Wednesday morning after telling investors that its provision for the motor finance issue was broadly similar to previous estimates.

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