Sentences with phrase «on loan shark»

Turning the tables on loan shark Shondor Birns (Christopher Walken) and allying himself with gangster John Nardi (Vincent D'Onofrio), Greene stops taking orders from the mafia and pursues his own power.

«Incidents like this gory tale of a young child being murdered to compensate for a missed payment on a loan shark agreement, are sadly common - place.

It calls for a clampdown on loan sharks and for more competition in the home credit market, in which the Competition Commission estimates people are overcharged by # 100 million a year.

Geoff Davis should be in hot water for opposing a bipartisan Pentagon - backed bill to cap interest rates on loan sharks («payday loans») that cluster around military bases and prey on our young, financially naive volunteer armed - services personnel.

Not exact matches

Based on my experience «borrowing» from the IRS, I'd rather borrow from a loan shark.

You've heard of a loan shark breaking a borrower's kneecaps when a loan wasn't paid on time?

To appear on Shark Tank, entrepreneurs must give Finnmax, the show's production company, either a 2 % royalty on profits or a 5 % equity stake in the company, Amir Kassar, founder and CEO of business loan company MultiFunding, wrote in The New York Times's small - business blog.

Barbara Corcoran, known to many as a star on ABC's hit show Shark tank, parlayed a $ 1,000 loan into a five - billion - dollar real estate business and sold it in 2001 for $ 66 million.

I think that religion should be required to follow the same laws that loan sharks follow: Full disclosure at signing — if you are too stupid to read the paperwork then it's on you.

He had gone to jail on March 16, 1985, the day a jury of nine women and three men in U.S. District Court in Tampa found him guilty of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering (including loan - sharking), extortion and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it.

George Osborne has denied the coalition is U-turning over payday loans - after confirming the government will force the loan shark regulator to impose a cap on the cost of last - minute credit.

They seem intent on ignoring the excellent work done by the End Legal Loan Sharking Campaign and the Better Banking Campaign on this subject too.

On the contrary, many of those leading the opposition to payday lending have first - hand experience with these loan sharks:

Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is a Miami loan shark who's sent to Los Angeles to collect on a gambling debt from film producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman).

Twins, on the other hand, takes place in Downtown Los Angeles in 1988 and follows the blossoming bond between Julius, a strong intelligent South Pacific islander, and his estranged fraternal twin brother, Vincent, a schlubby low - life in debt to a violent loan shark.

Although he inherited the shop from his father, he never saw it as anything special, so when he faces the prospect on the bank foreclosing on it due to unpaid bills, he sells the place to a local loan - shark.

Though he's best known for his role as New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO's The Sopranos, this crime thriller sees him playing a loan shark turned bar owner who works on the periphery of New York's organized crime scene, safeguarding the dirty money that flows through Brooklyn.

Woody Harrelson relishes the opportunity to chew on every piece of scenery in sight, while Casey Affleck offers nuanced support as the troubled Iraq War vet literally fighting his way out of debt to local loan shark Willem Dafoe.

He's so self - centered that when the doormat girl fish who loves him from afar (Renee Zellweger) loans Oscar an antique pearl to pay off 5,000 clams in loan - shark debt, he takes the money to the racetrack and loses it all on a long - shot seahorse.

Joe is dealing drugs to pay off his dead dad's debt to loan shark Luis Guzman, all while keeping his dream of hosting his own cooking show on the Food Network.

The second half of the film (really the last quarter of the four hours) finds Joe fully embracing the darker side of the world, stoked on by L (Willem Dafoe), a sort of loan shark to the extreme, by taking her in as one of his enforcers.

After falling into debt with a Korean mobster (Alvin Lee), and then borrowing money from nefarious loan shark Neville Baraka (Michael K. Williams) that he promptly loses on the blackjack table while trying to win back what he owes, Jim is given seven days to pay or else.

Through a chance encounter, they develop a great friendship and head on a gambling road trip to win money to pay off the former's loan shark.

A drunk and a gambler, he doesn't seem to have anything going on in his life beyond his decrepit Brooklyn house, his battered convertible Reliant K - car (complete with wood paneling) and playing the horses at Belmont Park — mostly poorly, which is why he's perpetually strapped for cash, with a loan shark (Terrence Howard) circling.

Jang Ki - yong as Kwang - il made a similarly deep impression on me, somehow making me care even for a violent loan shark, even if it was mostly to mourn for the loving man he could have been under different circumstances.

But beneath the surface, it also serves as a sly, horribly relevant indictment of the realities of loan sharking, and perhaps even the wider world of financial elites and the ordinary folk whose lives and livelihoods hang on their whims.

Reeves» lackluster performance aside (more on that later), Conor, who begins the film as a compulsive gambler deep in debt to loan sharks, is hardly an interesting or appealing «hero.»

Interest rates tend to be higher on small loans because the cost of «sharking» is the same regardless of the loan amount.

Because unscrupulous loan sharks sometimes pose as payday lenders on the Internet, make sure you check the accreditation or license of any payday lender you want to deal with.

He does not support federal meddling with higher education; for instance, he commented, «We need to get the federal government out of the loan shark business and instead refocused on building a strong economy.»

I have borrower who have never missed a payment on their 8.99 % adjustable rate mortgage but are struggling to keep up with a credit card that was defaulted to 29.9 % interest because the bank changed the due date, and now because they are struggling to make payments on a credit card with an interest rate that would make the toughest «Loan Shark» blush, their score eliminates them from the very program that could save their home.

HSBC, after lowing my limit on one card raised my interest rate to 30 % on my other card with them — due to my «debt to limit ratio» Even a loan shark on the street plays fairer than these guys.

You don't have to make your pitch on «Shark Tank», refinance your home or take out a business loan to take the next step in your entrepreneurial journey — business grants can help you get there, you just need to know where to look and how to apply.

The unpaid interest on the unpaid principle was accumulating, as loan sharks would put it, on a daily basis.

Put the fictional Liberty City (featured on New York City), the single - player story goes after a war veteran, Niko Bellic and his effort to escape his past at the same time as under pressure from loan sharks and mob bosses.

These quests could have you help a dad take ice cream to his family or help a loan shark catch someone late on his loan payment.

The reality of both of these concerns is things like loan sharks praying on family members when they are broke and vulnerable or fighting for acknowledgement of your credibility and hard work when undermined with sexist comments.

The coyote typically «loan sharks» the peasant farmer small amounts of cash during the dry season — when the farmer is profoundly desperate — in exchange for his entire harvest, or for pennies on the dollar.

Because the loan sharks are well aware that folks who feel the financial squeeze of being out of work or waiting on a hearing date or settlement are easy pray for high risk loans with outrageous interest rates.