Doorstep lending firm International Personal Finance has announced that its draft legislation, to set a maximum APR for unsecured customer loans at 24% above the Hungarian base rate (6%), has been approved.
This 30% cap compares to the current situation where customers are limited to one loan of more than 65% from any individual lender per calendar year.
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The firm said: "We will amend our product pricing and structure to meet the requirements of this legislation and, whilst we cannot be certain as to the impact this may have on the future performance of our business, based on our experience of similar changes we have made in the past we do not expect a material impact on the prospects of our Hungarian business."
The share price fell 1.97% to 219.1p by 14:55.
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