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Direct Lender Verifier: Check Who Actually Makes the Loan

Review Direct Lender Verifier: Who Actually Makes the Loan for eligibility, total cost, payment fit, timing and alternatives before continuing.

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✓Cost✓Timing✓Repayment

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.

CFPB specifically tells users to distinguish lenders from lead generators

CFPB says many online payday sites are not actual lenders and that lead generators collect information and send it to a network of possible lenders. CFPB_ONLINE

The agreement is stronger evidence than the headline

A provider page may call itself direct, but the decisive evidence is the legal entity and creditor/funder named in the actual agreement, combined with the correct state regulatory record. If those sources conflict, the tool should return unresolved.

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Short-term cost calculator

Convert a finance charge into total due and annualized APR.

1Enter→2Compare→3Verify

Amount received$Finance charge$Days to repaymentdays

Illustrative resultEnter your numbers

Provider terms and current state requirements control any offer.

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Translate a short-term fee into full cost

Dollar fee, total due and repayment date belong together.

ReceivePrincipalCash delivered to you.

AddFinance chargeEvery required fee.

RepayTotal dueAt the stated date.

What controls the decision

AmountFix

FeeAdd

Due dateTest

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Inputs, provider disclosure and repayment fit must agree.

Three gates before you continue

1AmountBorrow only the actual gap?
2All-in costFee and APR visible?
3Exit pathTotal due fits the pay cycle?

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Apply the result to this decision

Use the remaining checks before moving to a provider form.

Texas demonstrates why role verification must support more than two labels

OCCC describes Texas CABs as licensed brokers that obtain credit from an independent third-party lender. A verifier limited to "lender/not lender" would misclassify the product structure. OCCC_CAB

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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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