** Shares of financing solutions provider Earlypay EPY.AX
rise as much as 14% to A$0.490, their best intraday session
since Feb 17, 2021
** Says it now expects its FY22 NPATA to be over A$14 mln
($9.98 mln), compared with the prior outlook of over A$13 mln
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** Says NPATA for the first half rose 110% to A$7.5 mln
** Stock hits highest level since Aug 2021
** EPY down ~1.2% this year, as of last close
($1 = 1.4021 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Tejaswi Marthi in Bengaluru)
((tejaswi.marthi@thomsonreuters.com))