moneylending

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A new report commissioned by Fair4All Finance, a government-backed body that works on financial inclusion, looks at the lived experience of illegal moneylending in the UK.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

Britain is almost uniquely laissez-faire when it comes to moneylending.

From The Guardian • Mar. 21, 2010

Twenty or more village kotwārs were found to be carrying on moneylending transactions on a small scale, and in addition many of the Mahārs in towns were exceedingly well off.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

For several years before the present war, the financiers of Berlin were forbidden to engage in moneylending operations abroad.

From International Finance by Withers, Hartley

But it has probably contributed to expedite the transfer of land from the cultivating to the moneylending classes.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)