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The number of pawnbroker shops has grown by 56% to 1,412 since 2009 while the number of payday lenders has also mushroomed, with companies such as Wonga, QuickQuid and The Money Shop becoming household names.
Elsewhere on the high street, The Money Shop has launched a prepaid card, the Titanium Cashplus Mastercard.
The president's advisers, meanwhile, say they are hardly closing up the money shop.
Payday lenders, such as Wonga and the Money Shop, offer short-term loans arranged over days or weeks.
The Money Shop charges £29.99 on £100 and applies a default fee of £29 plus default interest of at least 1% a day.
The loans are offered online by companies such as Wonga and QuickQuid and on the high street by firms including The Money Shop and Cash Converters.
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