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Tanyapong says Ascend Money’s nano loans can help get people out of the informal lending market, where loan sharks can charge as much as 20% interest per month.
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
Vi: The Hero, the tale of a loan shark helping small business owners The King of Minami, and action movie A Weapon in My Heart.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
The depreciation of any and all values unable to pay a loan shark’s rate of interest transforms the company of gentleman adventurers into a colony of anxious squirrels.
—Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The 56-year-old actor can be seen running around New York City and fighting off aggressive loan sharks in the new Netflix series Black Rabbit.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
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Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
Vi: The Hero, the tale of a loan shark helping small business owners The King of Minami, and action movie A Weapon in My Heart.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
The depreciation of any and all values unable to pay a loan shark’s rate of interest transforms the company of gentleman adventurers into a colony of anxious squirrels.
—Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The 56-year-old actor can be seen running around New York City and fighting off aggressive loan sharks in the new Netflix series Black Rabbit.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Loan shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loan%20shark. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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