payday lender
Britishnoun
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And it’s cheaper than what a corner payday lender might charge.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2022
They drove past a dollar store, a payday lender and a fast-food restaurant advertising “full-time career opportunities” starting at $7.80 an hour.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2019
Seventy-two percent said they received better treatment from a payday lender than from a bank or credit card company, and 75 percent said they were likely to recommend payday loans to friends and family.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2019
In addition to voting to more closely monitor firms under the moratorium on foreclosures in Puerto Rico, the state recently pulled money out of a private equity firm that had acquired a so-called payday lender.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2018
Wonga never considered itself to be a payday lender, preferring instead to describe itself as a maverick technology company that happened to sell loans.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2018
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