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Rather than allow Ga-hui to pay back the principal, the loan sharks physically force Ga-hui to sign a new loan with a much higher interest rate.
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Kayti Burt, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Predatory lenders and loan sharks offer merchant cash advances.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
Tanyapong says Ascend Money’s nano loans can help get people out of the informal lending market, where loan sharks can charge as much as 20% interest per month.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
The depreciation of any and all values unable to pay a loan shark’s rate of interest transforms the company of gentleman adventurers into a colony of anxious squirrels.
—Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Kayti Burt, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Predatory lenders and loan sharks offer merchant cash advances.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
Tanyapong says Ascend Money’s nano loans can help get people out of the informal lending market, where loan sharks can charge as much as 20% interest per month.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
The depreciation of any and all values unable to pay a loan shark’s rate of interest transforms the company of gentleman adventurers into a colony of anxious squirrels.
—Henry Freedland, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Loan shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loan%20shark. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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