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Compare Payday Lenders: Verify Role, State, Cost & Evidence

Compare Compare Payday Lenders: Role, State, Cost & Evidence by total cost, payment, timing, eligibility and provider terms before choosing a route.

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Check the actual providerConfirm who makes the credit decision.

Normalize the costCompare fees, APR, total due and dates.

Stress-test repaymentProtect essential cash after the payment.

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Answers, tradeoffs and next steps

Use the sections below to evaluate fit, not to predict approval.

Lead generator and lender are not interchangeable

CFPB tells consumers to ask whether an online payday site is an actual lender or a lead generator, because lead generators collect information and send it to a network of possible lenders. Payday Hex must surface this role before the click. CFPB_ONLINE

Compensation cannot secretly determine the editorial order

CFPB has warned that digital comparison tools and lead generators can create abusive steering risk when financial benefits distort the shopping experience. CFPB_STEER

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Two-offer comparison

Put both offers on the same dollar basis before choosing.

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Offer A total repaid$Offer A first payment$Offer B total repaid$Offer B first payment$

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Provider terms and current state requirements control any offer.

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Compare the same amount and deadline.

MatchPrincipalUse the same cash need.

CompareTotal repaidInclude every required charge.

ProtectFirst paymentKeep essentials covered.

What controls the decision

Cash receivedMatch

Total costCompare

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Inputs, provider disclosure and repayment fit must agree.

Three gates before you continue

1Same basisEqual amount and deadline?
2Full costEvery mandatory fee included?
3Cash flowFirst payment remains workable?

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Apply the result to this decision

Use the remaining checks before moving to a provider form.

Unlicensed or illegal state routing is a hard exclusion

CFPB previously took action against a lead aggregator for steering applications to lenders likely to make illegal or unlicensed loans. CFPB_ZERO

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What the product page must answer

Decision	Look for	Stop if
Availability	State eligibility and provider identity	The creditor or license path is unclear
Cost	Amount received, required fees, APR and total repayment	Only the payment size is shown
Timing	Decision, release and bank-posting stages	“Instant” is presented as guaranteed
Repayment	Exact dates, method and late-payment consequences	The payment reopens the same cash gap

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