The smallest companies make headway in personal loans

Loan intermediaries are very pleased with their results for the first six months of 2003, as they lent their customers over zł. 2.6 billion, which is 27.7% more than over the respective period last year. Dom Finansowy QS, which up to recently was one of the smallest players on the market, recorded the largest increase in the value of granted loans. During the period, the company managed to lend 157.3% more money than over the first half of 2002. PKI Chrobry also managed to increase the value of loans given by 76.3% during the first six months. The market leader, Lukas, recorded the lowest increase of 8.3%, but it lent almost zł. 1.2 billion over the period. "Customers still appreciate the benefits of taking an easy and quick loan from intermediaries and choose us over banks," explained Żagiel president Michał Oziembło. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) M.M.