<div>UPDATE 1-Provident's loan volumes drop on tighter lending</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Doorstep lender Provident Financial Plc said on Wednesday tighter underwriting rules led to a drop in business volumes in April, while adding that it saw signs of a modest recovery in May.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=2U0t_IJwucs:jfgcxjz-ATM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=2U0t_IJwucs:jfgcxjz-ATM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=2U0t_IJwucs:jfgcxjz-ATM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=2U0t_IJwucs:jfgcxjz-ATM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=2U0t_IJwucs:jfgcxjz-ATM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/2U0t_IJwucs" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters