Payday Loans – The Legal Loan Sharking Industry Laws have been created to protect people against "Loan Shark" practices in which short-term loans are given out at excessive interest rates. There is an industry that has come of age the last couple of years that has circumvented these laws. Enter the Payday loan industry.Payday loans is a some-what new multi-billion dollar industry in which people borrow money to tithe them over until their next...... Similar Editorial : by Richie Morgan. | Source : Hour Payday Loan