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Payday loans in Alaska

Permitted, with a reported maximum of $500, one at a time — and a disclosure rule that makes the lender show you the cost on two different terms before you sign.

Every location and every website needs its own licence

Alaska’s Division of Banking and Securities licenses and examines deferred deposit advance lenders, investigates complaints and takes enforcement action. Licensing runs through NMLS.Alaska · RegulatorAlaska Division of Banking and Securities — the division licenses and examines deferred deposit advance lenders, more commonly known as payday lenders; staff investigates consumer complaints and takes enforcement action as needed; all licensing activity is done through the NMLS system

A separate licence is required for each website and each physical location, and lenders operating from outside Alaska must be licensed here too.

The disclosure requirement is unusually specific

Before you sign, an Alaskan lender must disclose the terms, the fees as dollar amounts, the repayment period — and the APR expressed both as a 14-day figure per $100 and a 30-day figure per $100.

That dual-term APR is worth noticing. Most states require one annualised number, which is easy to skim past. Two figures on different terms make the cost of rolling over visible before you borrow rather than after.

Reported maximum loan
$500, one at a time.
Licensing
Required — separately for every website and every location, including out-of-state lenders.
Disclosure
Terms, fees in dollars, repayment period, and APR per $100 on both a 14-day and a 30-day basis, before signing.
Regulator
Alaska Division of Banking and Securities · (888) 925-2521

If money is being taken from your account

You can revoke authorisation and instruct your bank to stop the payment, whatever your agreement says.

What Regulation E says about automatic payments →

Debt-collection law in Alaska

A payday loan is a consumer debt. If it goes unpaid, two Alaska rules decide what a lender can do next: how long it has to sue you, and how much of your pay a court can order taken.

Being sued over an old payday loan? A collector can still file, but the time limit is a defence you can raise — and you cannot be jailed for the debt. What can and cannot happen if you don’t pay →

Sources. Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Division of Banking and Securities — Deferred Deposit Advance licensing and supervision.
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