BUZZ-Provident Financial: Strong FY lifts stock

** UK subprime lender Provident Financial (Other OTC: FPLPF - news) +3.4%, at its highest level since start Jan on robust FY

** FY adjusted pretax profit up 25 pct to 292.9 mln stg; Revenue 1.11 bln stg vs 1.07 bln stg last yr

** Analysts on average had expected full-year pretax profit of 277.87 mln stg and revenue of 1.13 bln stg according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news)

** Total (Other OTC: TTFNF - news) dividend per share up 22.6 pct to 120.1 p

** Reports profit rise in all businesses

** Co says made a good start to 2016

** Does not expect material impact to its credit cards provider Vanquis Bank from proposed measures from FCA's credit card review

** Co provides credit cards and loans to customers in the UK and Ireland (Other OTC: IRLD - news) who are unable to meet the lending criteria of mainstream banks

** Stock added to London's blue-chip index in Dec (Shanghai: 600875.SS - news)

 (Reuters Messaging: noor.hussain.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)