Clear Loan Solutions |Tribal Payday Lender
January 29, 2014
Worthy Observation:
The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) regularly issue 
Consumer Alerts as the one below. It is SFA policy to published DFI alerts.
However, we’ve visited the website of Clear Loan Solutions, LLC and notice that the Lender are transparent in representing the interest charges and fees. From our view point, payday loans are a rip-off to consumers.
It is worth noting that PayDay Loan operators serve a niche market and are helping those who in need of emergency funds to have access to cash. Fees and interest charges are exorbitant high but this is just the nature of the beast. If you can avoid a pay day loan, don’t bother taking one. If you can not, you will be paying 50 times the cost to borrow.
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The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) has received a complaint about Clear Loan Solutions. It appears that this entity is operating as a tribal online payday lender. This entity appears to be owned by the Big Lagoon Rancheria, a federally recognized Indian Tribe exercising its sovereign immunity and subject to regulation by the United States Government.
Clear Loan Solutions is not licensed by the DFI. This entity is not registered to conduct business in Washington State by the Department of Licensing, the Department of Revenue, or the Secretary of State.
Washington residents are advised that state law provides in RCW 31.45.105(1)(d) and (3) that a small loan made by an unlicensed entity to a person physically located in Washington is uncollectible and unenforceable in Washington State.
Clear Loan Solutions operates a website at http://www.clear-loans.com and lists its phone number as 888-680-5709. The address associated with Clear Loan Solutions is:
Clear Loan Solutions
271 Lynda Lane
Trinidad, California 95570
If you have a complaint against Clear Loan Solutions, you can mail it to:
Big Lagoon Rancheria Regulatory Authority
Attention: Mr. David Neyra
PO Box 3060
Trinidad, CA 95570
Verify License
DFI strongly recommends that consumers deal only with those lenders that are properly licensed to conduct business. Consumers can determine whether lenders are properly licensed using the “Verify a License” feature on the DFI’s website at http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/findcompany.htm.
Debt collectors cannot state or imply that failure to pay a debt is a crime. They cannot call before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. They cannot harass or abuse consumers, or contact consumers’ places of employment.
Report Fraud
Washington State residents, if you are suspicious of unlicensed activity by a payday lender please contact the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions at 1-877-RING-DFI (746-4334), or online at http://www.dfi.wa.gov.
If you live in another state, find your state regulator.
If you feel you have been the victim of a loan scam please contact the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-FTC-HELP (382-4357) or online at http://www.ftc.gov; or contact the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855) 411-CFPB or online at http://www.consumerfinance.gov. Because the scammers have access to bank account information and social security numbers, victims should consider themselves victims of identity theft and take appropriate precautions. The Federal Trade Commission has information for victims of identity theft available online at http://www.ftc.gov.
If you feel you have been the victim of a loan scam involving the Internet please contact the Internet Crime Complaint Center online at http://www.ic3.gov.
If you feel you have been the victim of a loan scam and are concerned about your personal financial information, contact your banking institution, and the three major credit bureaus.
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