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Maybe it’s little wonder that Congress doesn’t want us borrowing cheaply from our own retirement accounts, when we could be buying at usurious rates from lawmakers’ pals in the banking business.

An auto lender that allegedly charged hidden, usurious interest rates got to stay in business last year if it paid a fine and didn’t commit fraud in the future.

Some banks that boast of having eliminated overdraft fees, for instance, do so by enrolling their customers in services through which they’ll cover your bills, but charge usurious interest rates for the excess.

Antisemitism had long traded on the stereotype of the Jew as Shylock, the usurious, heartless banker.

Travelers on the east/west road, now partially flooded, were hostages to a private ferry operator who offered lake crossings at usurious prices.