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Diamond Castle Holdings, Golden Gate Capital – Community Choice Financial
From report “Private equity piles into payday lending and other subprime consumer lending” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) Community Choice Financial (CCFI) was formed in 2011 by CheckSmart, owned by private…
Sequoia Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures – Think Finance, Elevate Credit
From report “Private equity piles into payday lending and other subprime consumer lending” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) In recent years, a number of tech-enabled, venture capital-funded startups have sought to…
Victory Park Capital – LoanMart, Think Finance, Elevate Credit, LendUp, Personify Financial, Avant
From report “Private equity piles into payday lending and other subprime consumer lending” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) Chicago-based private equity firm Victory Park Capital, which features former US Senator Joe…
JLL Partners – ACE Cash Express
From report “Private equity piles into payday lending and other subprime consumer lending” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) Private equity firm JLL Partners of New York took payday lender…
Lone Star Funds – DFC Global
From report “Private equity piles into payday lending and other subprime consumer lending” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) Lone Star Funds, a private equity manager with $70 billion in…
FFL Partners - Speedy Cash/ Rapid Cash
From report “Private equity piles into payday lending and other subprime consumer lending” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) In September 2008, San Francisco-based private equity manager FFL Partners acquired Curo Financial…
Fortress Investment Group – OneMain Financial, ZestFinance, Cash Converters
From report “Private equity piles into payday lending and other subprime consumer lending” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) New York-based Fortress Investment Group is the majority owner of installment lender OneMain…
Blackstone Group – Lendmark Financial Services
From report “Private equity piles into payday lending and other subprime consumer lending” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) Blackstone Group, led by Stephen Schwarzman, who chairs President Trump’s Strategic and Policy…
Warburg Pincus – Mariner Finance
From report “Private equity piles into payday lending and other subprime consumer lending” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus acquired installment lender Mariner Finance in…
