illegal lending
Unlawful money advances
Illegal lending refers to loan practices that violate financial regulations—charging interest rates above legal limits (usury), operating without required licenses, or using prohibited collection methods.
The term covers loan sharks who extend credit outside legitimate banking channels, often to vulnerable borrowers at exploitative rates: He got caught up with illegal lending operations after the banks turned him down.
It also applies to licensed lenders who breach consumer protection laws.
- loan sharkIllegal high-interest moneylender
- loan sharkingIllegal lending at excessive interest
- usuryExtortionate money lending
- high interestCostly borrowing fees
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
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illegal lendingbank lending
Issuing loans professionally
credit union loans · mortgage lending · commercial banking · consumer banking
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