How to Use payday loan in a Sentence
payday loan
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If the loans do end up in court, the law allows lenders to recoup attorneys fees — which can’t be done with payday loans — a practice that can add up to a third of the loan amount.
—Adam Friedman, ProPublica, 5 May 2025
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Advance has argued that the new product would help consumers by offering them loans that are technically cheaper than a payday loan.
—Adam Friedman, ProPublica, 5 May 2025
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Those practices included predatory mortgage lending, junk fees, confusing jargon on financial product descriptions, payday loans, and much more.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 20 May 2026
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As with previous years, the city will have to issue tax anticipation warrants – essentially a payday loan for local governments – to get by until the first installment of property taxes is paid next year.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
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The company, then called Advance Pay Day, steadily expanded, making payday loans and offering products like bus passes, check cashing and money transfers.
—Adam Friedman, ProPublica, 5 May 2025
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