Smaller non-bank lenders ‘won’t survive’ BoE rejection

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Some non-bank lenders are unlikely to survive the pandemic crisis, sources say, after the Bank of England told the industry it is not willing to provide emergency liquidity support in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Non-bank institutions are having to grant the same payment relief to customers as high street banks but still have outgoing warehousing costs.