LOAN-SHARK CHAMPION AL CAPONE. UK LOANSHARKS ARE LICENSED BY THE GOVERNMENT |
HOW? Sign our AVAAZ petition, or start one of your own, and support Stella Creasy, MP, who is pressing the UK Parliament to ban loan-sharks.
ANTI-LOAN-SHARK CAMPAIGNER STELLA CREASY MP |
UK Payday lenders, licensed by Prime Minister David Cameron’s coalition Conservative and Lib-Dem government* to charge whatever they like e.g. 2,000% to 4,500% (there is now no legal UK limit) trap poor people into inescapable revolving debt – backed by the UK’s “Justice” system of County Courts, which pursues about 92,000 debt victims a year into bankruptcy, homelessness and ultimately into prison.
STELLA CREASY MP – CAMPAIGN AGAINST LOANSHARKING.
STELLA CREASY MP – CAMPAIGN AGAINST LOANSHARKING.
YOU MIGHT APPROVE OF THESE “FREE MARKET” LOANSHARK PRICES – ONLY MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE VICTIMS (CUSTOMERS), THE POOREST FAMILIES IN THE LAND, EARN LESS THAN “THE LIVING WAGE”; FORCING THEM TO BORROW EVERY WEEK TO BUY FOOD FOR THE WEEKEND. IT’S A GREAT BRITISH BUSINESS MODEL. MONEYLENDING IS WHAT THE
(Future citizens in a fully automated economy will all be as rich as today's millionaires, and have no need for "Money" - read AD2516 - After Global Warming )
In 1960 my UK Manchester firm was asked for tax advice by a “Journeyman” or back-street door-to-door moneylender. Pre-Thatcher he had to keep his charges under 30% or risk a prison sentence. He confided that he always got paid by his “customers”, mostly housewives while husbands were at work, because on first default - “I NAIL HER HAND TO THE DOOR” – before getting really nasty about subsequent defaults. Today the UK County Court system does the enforcing for him. We turned him away.
Compared to today’s loan-sharks, “The Nailer” was hugely underpriced. Read Suffolk Mike’s 17 year entrapment tale below – at a mere 2,018% per annum. What clever, admirable, monetarist Capitalism.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS – PEACE ON EARTH TO MEN OF GOODWILL.
UK PRIME MINISTER, DAVID CAMERON WHO WILL CAP LOAN CHARGES AT 5% AND FREE 1.5 MILLION FAMILIES FROM CRIPPLING DEBT. |
*Under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 lenders must have a licence from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
It will also give the Prime Minister a “Go to Heaven Free” card. Its time we re-introduced the Plenary Indulgence system for sainted public figures.
Write to your MP, Congressman/ woman and all your media contacts.
A Happy and a Holy Christmas.
STELLA CREASY MP – CAMPAIGN AGAINST LOANSHARKING.
http://www.workingforwalthamstow.org.uk/
The MP and anti-payday loans campaigner Stella Creasy has demanded an apology from the online lender Wonga after a Guardian investigation uncovered evidence that an employee of the firm has been using an anonymous Twitter account to publicly attack her, calling her mentally unstable.
Wonga's slogan and adverts promise "straight talking money", but company computers appear to have been used to post anonymous comments on blogs critical of its practices and there is evidence that a second Wonga employee has deleted criticism from its Wikipedia page
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SIGN THE PETITION FOR:
A 5% per annum cap on all interest rates & charges
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“Suffolk Mike” – Loan-Shark Victim. There are 1.5 million UK families trapped like this. You can free them this Christmas.
BRITISH JUSTICE: When just 20 years old, “Mike” in Suffolk UK borrowed £250. In the next 17 years he paid back £90,000 (2018% interest a year), losing his house, job and his health. Mike sought help only when the loan-shark threatened his wife and children. The loan-shark was imprisoned for 8 months (4 months served) for being unlicensed. If he had applied, he would be entitled to suck the lifeblood from his victims at twice the rate. Legalised WONGA can charge up to 4,500%. Four months jail isn’t much to suffer for £90,000 and blighting a family’s life for 17 years. (Jill Insley, Guardian 27 June 12, “Loan shark’s victim wins award”)
For Heavens Sake! – Sign the 5% CAP petition and eliminate these evil “financial services” FSA authorised tapeworms. 5% is ten-times the UK Base Rate. Making 10 times Base Rate is enough for any lender.
Mike of
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repaid
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Years
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Interest
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£ 250
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1
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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2
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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3
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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4
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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5
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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6
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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7
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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8
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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9
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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10
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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11
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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12
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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13
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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14
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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15
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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16
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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17
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2017.6%
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£ 250
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£ 5,294
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£ 2
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Total Repaid
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£90,000
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Loan-Shark operations are as active in the USA as in the UK . Stop them.
GOOGLE Search 21 Nov 2012 “PAYDAY LOANS” gives 9.1 million results.
The Annual Percentage Rates (APR) here, are boldly advertised by the lenders.
PaydayUK APR 2,090%
Payday Express APR 2,670%
KWIK CASH APR 1,737%
Polly’s Payday Loans APR withheld (US firm)
Payday Loan-Quick APR 2,120%
WONGA.com APR 4,214%
https://www.wonga.com/?A=46&gclid=CKrxp-r537MCFSnJtAodbE8A_g
THIS ARTICLE HAS ATTRACTED 70+ ADVERTS FROM LOAN-SHARKS (BELOW), WHO ARE SELF-PROFESSED USURERS WHO LIVE OFF THE POOREST AND LEAST PROTECTED OF OUR NEIGHBORS. THESE ADVERTS ARE FROM BLOOD-SUCKING, USELESS, SOCIOPATHIC PARASITES. ARE YOU RELIGIOUS? READ ABOUT LOAN-SHARKS IN YOUR BIBLE OR OTHER SACRED TEXTS. ALL OECD GOVERNMENTS SHOULD IMPOSE A CAP ON ALL INTEREST RATES OF 5% PER ANNUM - AND JAIL ALL TRANSGRESSORS. THE MONEY-ECONOMY IS 95% TOO EXPENSIVE, SUPPORTING TOO MANY EMBEDDED TAPE-WORMS IN THE GUTS OF THE REAL-ECONOMY. THIS IS THE ERA OF THE ELECTRONIC REVOLUTION - THE INFORMATION SOCIETY. THE MONEY SYSTEM (BOOKKEEPING), THE PAPER ECONOMY, COULD AND SHOULD BE RUN ON A FEW GLOBAL, TRANSPARENT SUPER COMPUTERS AT 1% OF PRESENT COSTS.
THIS ARTICLE HAS ATTRACTED 70+ ADVERTS FROM LOAN-SHARKS (BELOW), WHO ARE SELF-PROFESSED USURERS WHO LIVE OFF THE POOREST AND LEAST PROTECTED OF OUR NEIGHBORS. THESE ADVERTS ARE FROM BLOOD-SUCKING, USELESS, SOCIOPATHIC PARASITES. ARE YOU RELIGIOUS? READ ABOUT LOAN-SHARKS IN YOUR BIBLE OR OTHER SACRED TEXTS. ALL OECD GOVERNMENTS SHOULD IMPOSE A CAP ON ALL INTEREST RATES OF 5% PER ANNUM - AND JAIL ALL TRANSGRESSORS. THE MONEY-ECONOMY IS 95% TOO EXPENSIVE, SUPPORTING TOO MANY EMBEDDED TAPE-WORMS IN THE GUTS OF THE REAL-ECONOMY. THIS IS THE ERA OF THE ELECTRONIC REVOLUTION - THE INFORMATION SOCIETY. THE MONEY SYSTEM (BOOKKEEPING), THE PAPER ECONOMY, COULD AND SHOULD BE RUN ON A FEW GLOBAL, TRANSPARENT SUPER COMPUTERS AT 1% OF PRESENT COSTS.
Unlicensed payday lenders using religious organisations to tout for business
Unlicensed payday lenders and personal loan companies are targeting people on the internet purporting to be affiliated with religious institutions.
Money Marketing’s sister title Mortgage Strategy has learned of a lender called St Paul’s Cathedral Finance which claims to be headquartered at the same address as St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
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