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Direct Line offers online personal loans, predicts strong growth for sector - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article

Telecomworldwire, August 11, 2000

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-11 August 2000-Direct Line offers online personal loans, predicts strong growth for sector (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

The UK-based insurance company Direct Line is to introduce a fast-decision online personal loan service.

From Monday 14 August customers can apply for a loan of up to GBP25,000 through http://www.directline.com and receive approval within 10 minutes.

According to Direct Line, the provision of online loans is one of the fastest-growing markets in the personal finance sector. The company has predicted that the online loan market will experience at least a seven-fold growth in the number of borrowers over the next five years.

The figure is based on the growth of 143% seen in the over-the-phone loan market in the last five years.

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