Advance America, Cash Advance Centers Inc. said today it will close all 30 centers it operates in Arkansas.

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Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, will close all 30 of its locations in Arkansas because of law curbing its payday-lending business. The Spartanburg company also has completed closing its nine locations in New Mexico after a state law placed limits on fees and interest charged. Advance America pulled out of Pennsylvania and Oregon last year because of laws that curbed payday loans. After …

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Advance America Announces the Closing of 39 Centers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. today announced that it will close all 30 Centers it operates in Arkansas.