The second largest provider of personal instalment loans in the US is to buy its biggest competitor.
Short term loan provider Springleaf has been given permission to buy OneMain from parent company Citigroup, provided it sells 127 of its own branches.
The new company would be left with more than 1,800 branches nationwide.
Both firms provide personal loans of under $6,000 (£3,940), which have a set number of scheduled payments lasting between a few months and a few years.