Later that year, it paid $2.1 billion for the Money Store, a subprime lender.

The main industry group, of which the Money Store is an important member, has lobbied unsuccessfully in favor of the new rule.

But the Money Store has so far prevailed.

For relatively creditworthy customers, companies like the Money Store will charge 17 percent interest and no fee.

Money Store has 4,800 employees and operates nationwide.

Shares in the Money Store are down 28 percent since the report came out on Wednesday.

The same year, the bank paid $2 billion for the Money Store, a lender to consumers considered high credit risks.

Spokesmen for the Money Store declined to comment for this article.

Money Store, $65 million of automobile asset-backed securities.

The group had stated earlier that it was an unreleased cut from The Money Store.