Non-Standard Finance in FCA spotlight | Business

The clampdown on the guarantor loans industry has intensified after the City watchdog raised concerns at Non-Standard Finance.

Britain’s second biggest guarantor lender revealed yesterday that it was carrying out an in-depth review after a visit from the Financial Conduct Authority in March.

Non-Standard Finance said that the regulator had “examined a selection of customer files” at its guarantor loans business and that the watchdog had “raised a number of concerns regarding certain aspects of the operating procedures and processes at the division”.

The sub-prime lender said that it was working closely with the authority “to clarify the scope and scale of its concerns and to develop a possible redress methodology”.

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