Oct 20 (Reuters) - International Personal Finance Plc IPF.L :
* Group Q3 growth in credit issued of 9 pct
* Group Q3 customer numbers increased by 1 pct
* Q3 impairment as a percentage of revenue at 26.1 pct being at lower end of our target range of 25 pct to 30 pct
* Expect to deliver continued satisfactory growth in Q4 as we balance growth with maintaining credit quality
* Digital delivered strong growth in Q3 , increased credit issued by 44 pct and grew active customer numbers by 45 pct to 171,000
* Expect total investment in IPF Digital for full year to be around 8 mln stg to 10 mln stg
* Pleased to report increase in credit issued growth in Q3 , to see continued growth and stable credit quality in Q4 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: IPF.L
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