Eighty-four lending companies were suspended by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) due to their failure to secure a secondary license to operate as lenders.

In a statement on Thursday, the SEC said the companies violated Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9474 or the Lending Company Regulation Act of 2007, which states that “no lending company shall conduct business unless granted an authority to operate by the SEC.”

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