Moneylending during this period was largely a matter of private loans advanced to persons short of cash, whether persistently in debt or temporarily until the next harvest.
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As a result of this report the Moneylenders Act 1900 was passed, which required registration for moneylenders and allowed the courts to dissolve " unfair " moneylending agreements.
33.
Through a deal made between Dirk Struan and Jin-qua, Gordon Chen managed part of Struan's money, investing in land and businesses like moneylending.
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They were also second-class citizens, confined to separate neighborhoods, made to pay extra taxes and handed jobs like moneylending and jewelry-making, which Muslims distained.
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The fish and oyster industry was also an important component of the Medieval town's economy, with Colchester fish being sold at moneylending, which was forbidden to Christians.
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Dimont writes that the Jewish role in moneylending was the most important contribution of Jews to medieval society, since the feudal culture might have failed without a flow of capital.
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No figure in literature is more vexing than Shylock, the proud, moneylending Jew of Shakespeare's " Merchant of Venice " stubbornly demanding his pound of flesh.
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In 2015, ValueMax Group announces its expansion into unsecured moneylending through VM Credit Pte Ltd . The new business is aimed at individuals with high incomes and individuals with high net worth.
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"' Wilson Lee Flores "'is a journalist, a college professor, a real estate entrepreneur, and a public speaker; he is also in the moneylending business.
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Because the professions of moneylending and shopkeeping had traditionally been Jewish vocations in western Ukraine, the cooperative movement also created financial hardship for the local Jewish community, by eliminating many Jewish jobs.
