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Sat 09 Sep 2010'The amount of people who have rung up and asked will we take a horse'
HARD TIMES:Securing even a temporary overdraft from a bank isn't easy these days, as most of us know. Re-enter the pawnbroker, looking a little less Dickensian, writes CAROL RYAN
AFTER 20 YEARS in banking, Frank Cronin saw an opportunity for an alternative to traditional lending. When his employers Friends First closed its asset-finance division last year, he decided to take the leap and open Borro Now, which he describes as Ireland's first high-end pawnbroker.
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