Provident 2019 profit rises, home credit customer base stabilises
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(Reuters) - Provident Financial on Thursday posted a 1.6% rise in 2019 adjusted earnings and raised its dividend payout, as a revamp of its home credit business bore fruit, but the British doorstep lender flagged an uncertain outlook post-Brexit.After successfully fending off a hostile takeover bid from smaller rival Non-Standard Finance last year, Provident this month took a 2.8 million pound fine for vehicle-financing arm Moneybarn, concluding the latest in a line of investigations into its..