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Re:The Invention of Money by wazoox on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:43AM (#20564751)
Such usury loans are absolutely illegal in civilised countries, for instance [almost] everywhere in Europe. Just saying.

(edit: not in the UK, which is rapidly sailing away).

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Re:The Invention of Money by vageli on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:56AM (#20564864)
> Such usury loans are absolutely illegal in civilised countries, for instance everywhere in Europe. Just saying.

This is proved untrue with minimal searching online. Here's one example: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/just-when-you-thought-...

Also search "payday loan $EU_COUNTRY" to see some pretty insane rates (>1000%).

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Re:The Invention of Money by testvox on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @10:38AM (#20565189)
Where is it illegal in Europe?
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