Lenders OneSavings, Charter Court post loan book growth even as Brexit looms

(Reuters) - Merging lenders OneSavings and Charter Court Financial reported bigger loan books for the first half, but warned of the impact on housing and credit from Britain's fast approaching exit from the European Union.The merger will close by the end of 2019 and form a lender worth about 1.5 billion pounds, a move that will bolster their defences in the face of uncertainty around Brexit.OneSavings, which was set up to break the dominance of bigger and conventional UK banks, said on..