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Sherrod Brown: “In your own State of Ohio, the payday lender CheckSmart is using a prepaid card to evade the State's usury cap.”

On the recordMarch 13, 2012
In your own State of Ohio, the payday lender CheckSmart is using a prepaid card to evade the State's usury cap.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Senator Brown highlights misuse of prepaid cards by payday lenders in Ohio.

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