Illegal Lending Schemes by Check ‘n Go, cash Mart Target Low-Income Borrowers With Interest Exceeding 400 Percent APR

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA — City Attorney Dennis Herrera today filed suit against storefront lending institutions Check ‘n Go and Money Mart, along with their online affiliates and an associated bank that is out-of-state for illegal, unjust and fraudulent company techniques stemming from their advertising of short-term installment loans at illegal rates of interest to low-income borrowers. The lawsuit names Wilmington, Del.-based First Bank of Delaware (OTC:FBOD) as a defendant for aiding and abetting the storefront institutions’ illicit lending schemes in addition to Check ‘n Go, Money Mart and its affiliates.

Check ‘n Go and cash Mart are licensed deposit that is deferred, providing “payday loans” by which a debtor provides loan provider a post-dated sign in change for money. (más…)