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Lender reviews
Every review is compiled from the lender's own disclosures and public court or regulator records — allegations are labelled as allegations, no star ratings, no affiliate links, and each page ends with the checklist of what to verify yourself.
| Brand | What it is | Cost as disclosed | Public record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Picture Loans Tribal installment lender | Wholly owned subsidiary of Tribal Economic Development Holdings, LLC, an economic arm of the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (MI). Formerly operated as Castle Payday. $200–$3,000 (marketing cites up to $5,000); one loan open at a time | APR range 250%–699% for new customers, disclosed on the rates page; worked example on site: a $2,000 loan over 26 biweekly payments costs $5,733.13 in total | Public record: Big Picture Loans is the lender at the center of Williams v. |
| Plain Green Loans Tribal installment lender | Plain Green, LLC, wholly owned by the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation (MT); subsidiary of Atoske Holding Company. Historically the tribal partner of the Think Finance platform. $200–$1,000 first loan; up to $4,500 for returning customers | No APR range on the current site (“an expensive form of credit”; full disclosures in the loan agreement); an archived cost table showed roughly 159%–374% APR biweekly | Public record: Plain Green was the tribal lender at the center of Gingras v. |
| Mobiloans Tribal line of credit | MobiLoans, LLC, wholly owned by the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana. Revolving credit line up to $3,000 | APR 73.89%–413.20% (with the $20 instant-funding fee); cash-advance fee plus fixed finance charges per draw; no additional fees if the draw is repaid by the due date. Minimum payments can stretch repayment to about 14 months. | No enforcement action against the brand surfaced in our review. |
| Bright Lending Tribal installment lender | Aaniiih Nakoda Finance, LLC, DBA Bright Lending — wholly owned by the Fort Belknap Indian Community (MT). An OLA (Online Lenders Alliance) member rather than NAFSA. $300–$1,200 for new customers; up to $3,000 through the VIP program for returning customers | No numeric APR published — the site says “an expensive form of borrowing”; ACH repayment earns roughly 25 percentage points off the APR, and rates step down with good payment history | No enforcement action against the brand surfaced in our review. |
| Makwa Finance Tribal installment lender | Makwa, LLC, DBA Makwa Finance — a commercial enterprise and instrumentality of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (WI). Up to $2,000 for qualified first-time customers; up to $2,500 for repeat customers | No APR published — “an expensive form of borrowing”; complete disclosures in the loan agreement; no early-payoff penalty | Public record: the Lac du Flambeau Band’s online lending operations — covered under brands including Makwa in ProPublica’s investigation — were the subject of class actions alleging loans violated borrowers’ state laws. |
| Northern Star Lending Tribal installment lender | A commercial enterprise and instrumentality of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. $200–$1,500 for first-time borrowers; up to $5,000 for returning customers | APR 630%–780% — published openly on the site, the most transparent rate disclosure among the tribal brands we track; $25 NSF fee, $25 late fee (5+ days), no prepayment penalty | No enforcement action against the brand surfaced in our review. |
| OppLoans Online installment lender (bank-partner model) | OppLoans; loans are originated by partner banks and serviced by OppLoans. $500–$5,000 unsecured installment loans | Maximum APR of 195% disclosed for loans it originates and services; no origination or prepayment fees | The bank-partner structure is legal but contested: the partner-bank origination model places pricing under the bank’s charter rather than your state’s cap — the arrangement state regulators and the NCLC watch list scrutinize. |
| Check `n Go State-licensed lender — online + storefront | An Axcess Financial brand, operating since 1994. Payday-style advances and installment loans, sized by state rules (online and in stores) | Priced at each state’s statutory cap where the product is legal; the brand does not publish a single national price — the state schedule controls | As one of the largest licensed storefront chains, the brand operates inside state caps and databases where payday is legal — the license itself is the borrower’s protection. |
| MaxLend Tribal installment lender | Uetsa Tsakits, Inc., an entity of the Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes, ND); ownership was moved into this new tribal corporation in 2019. Up to $2,000 for new customers; up to $3,750 at the top rewards tier | Fee per $100 borrowed per pay period — up to $29.50 biweekly for new customers (about 670%+ APR annualized); the APR itself is disclosed only in the loan agreement | Public record: a class action filed around 2022 (Slate v. |
| eLoanWarehouse Tribal installment lender | The sites behind eLoanWarehouse are associated in court filings with Opichi Funds LLC; the brand states that disputes are limited to forums under tribal law and the loan agreement. Installment loans up to $3,000, marketed as a payday-loan alternative, funding as soon as the next business day | Pricing is disclosed on the lender’s licenses-and-rates page per state; the brand does not publish a single APR range on its homepage — the agreement is the binding disclosure | Public record: a class action alleges the companies behind eLoanWarehouse. |
| LendBunny Lending site / marketplace-style advertiser (direct-lender status unconfirmed) | Not clearly disclosed on the pages reviewed — the brand does not name a tribe, a lending license, or a corporate parent in the materials we could access. Advertised: $1,000–$100,000 | Advertised: rates “from 7.49% to 35.99% APR” — far below the tribal-lending norm, which usually signals a marketplace connecting applicants to third-party lenders whose real pricing depends on credit and state | No enforcement record surfaced in our review — see the checklist. |
| OneLowerPayment.org Debt-relief / payment-reduction service (not a lender) | Not clearly disclosed in the materials reviewed; no tribal or corporate affiliation was identifiable. n/a — the service describes lowering existing monthly payments rather than issuing new credit | Not published in the pages reviewed. Debt-settlement and payment-reduction services typically charge performance or monthly fees — ask for the fee schedule in writing before providing any account details. | No enforcement record surfaced in our review — see the checklist. |
| Spotloan Tribal installment lender | Ningo Lending LLC, wholly owned by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (ND) — the sector’s original tribal installment brand. $300–$800 typical; up to $1,500 for preferred (10+ loan) customers | Maximum 490% APR for new borrowers, stepping down (330–460%, eventually 99%) with successive on-time payoffs; no origination, rollover or late fees | No major federal enforcement action against the brand is on the public record we reviewed. |
| CashNetUSA State-licensed online lender (Enova International) | CashNetUSA is a brand of Enova International, a publicly traded online lender. Payday-style and installment products, sized by state rules — typically $100–$3,500 depending on the state | Priced at each state’s statutory cap where the product is legal (fee-per-$100 or APR schedule); Enova discloses representative APR ranges per state on the site | As a large licensed operator, the brand has a long public record of state regulator interactions over the years typical of the industry; the practical protection for a borrower is the license itself — state caps apply and the state regulator accepts complaints. |
How we review
Independent review compiled from the lender’s own website disclosures and public regulatory or court records. LendMap USA is not affiliated with any reviewed brand, receives no compensation from them, and offers no verdict — every page ends with what to verify yourself.
For tribal brands, the two facts that matter most are ownership (a genuine tribal arm is the pivot on which state-cap enforceability turns) and the dispute forum written into the agreement. Both are on every review page, with sources. The deeper background — sovereign immunity, the arm-of-the-tribe test, the sector's court history — is in our tribal lending guide.