usury
Example Sentences
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States with usury caps still have functioning financial systems.
From Los Angeles Times
That’s why your credit card may be “issued” by a bank subsidiary in Utah, South Dakota or Delaware, which have lax usury limits.
From Los Angeles Times
Other pages on his site appear to criticise "fiat money" - commonly used currencies as opposed to gold and digital tokens like Bitcoin - and usury, the charging of interest on loans.
From BBC
You can read injunctions against usury in the Vedic texts of ancient India, in the sutras of Buddhism and in the Torah.
From New York Times
The regulators said Credit Acceptance "sets consumers up to fail" by charging exorbitant interest rates averaging 22% and entering arrangements with dealers that mask the true cost of borrowing and sometimes violate state usury laws.
From Reuters
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