International Personal Finance

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International Personal Finance
Company typePublic
LSEIPF
IndustryFinance
Founded1997
HeadquartersLeeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Key people
Stuart Sinclair, Chairman
Gerard Ryan, Chief Executive Officer
Gary Thompson, Chief Financial Officer
RevenueIncrease £767.8 million (2023)[1]
Increase £83.9 million (2023)[1]
Decrease £48.0 million (2023)[1]
Number of employees
5,500 (2022)[1]
Websitewww.ipfin.co.uk

International Personal Finance is a British-based international financial services business providing home credit and digital consumer credit to 1.7 million customers in nine markets.[2] It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE Small Cap Index. It took a secondary listing on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in March 2013 and later delisted in 2022.[3] It has a head office in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

History[edit]

The company was first established as a division of Provident Financial in 1997. It was demerged from Provident Financial in 2007[4] and listed on the London Stock Exchange on 16 July 2007.[5] It went on to acquire Maritime Commercial Bank of Kaliningrad in 2008,[6] before closing its pilot Russian operation in 2009.[7] IPF acquired digital loans company MCB Finance in 2015.[8]

Operations[edit]

The company has operations organised as follows:

  • Poland – home credit and digital
  • Hungary – home credit
  • Romania – home credit
  • Czech Republic – home credit and digital
  • Mexico – home credit and digital
  • Australia – digital
  • Latvia – digital
  • Lithuania – digital
  • Estonia – digital

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Annual Results 2023". International Personal Finance. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Building a better world". International Personal Finance Corporate2022. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Approval of Warsaw Stock Exchange Delisting". tools.eurolandir.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Provident Financial details split". Reuters. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  5. ^ "London Stock Exchange | London Stock Exchange". www.londonstockexchange.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. ^ "International Personal Finance buys Russian bank for 2.75 mln stg cash". LSE. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Closure of Russian market pilot". tools.eurolandir.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Lender IPF says to buy MCB Finance Group". Reuters. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

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