Some lenders will have
cap on interest rates.
CONCORD – New Hampshire will join the ranks of states with
restrictions on how much lenders can charge for short-term, payday
and title loans following Gov. John Lynch's signature on two new state
laws this week.
The first bill (HB 267) at issue caps such loans at an annual interest
rate of 36 percent.
The cap means title and payday loan companies could charge no more
than $1.38 on a $100 loan taken out for two weeks.
The second bill creates an 18-person commission to examine options
for short-term financing and report back to lawmakers by Nov. 14,
or a week after Election Day.
The payday loan industry exploded after the Legislature in 2000 had
removed earlier restrictions and let these lenders charge high, short-term
rates.
These industry leaders have warned they will leave the state when
the 36 percent cap goes into effect Jan. 1.Gone with them would be
more than 30 storefronts that lent more than $160 million last year
for companies employing more than 200 in the state, they argued.
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