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Payday lender says Senate bill will kill industry

...between loans. "I think it will make it very difficult for any operator to continue operating in South Carolina," said Jamie Fulmer, a spokesman for Advance America Cash Centers Inc. The Spartanburg-based industry leader has seen its business shut...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/03/13/met_514468.shtml
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Couple files lawsuit against payday lenders

...lawsuit names several payday lenders, including the nation's largest, Spartanburg-based Advance America. Spokesman Jamie Fulmer said the company was aware of the lawsuit but hadn't seen the details. "We can't comment on the specifics of the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/08/30/met_141690.shtml
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S.C. lawmaker seeks ban on practice

...It puts our company in an awkward position, and it puts the people of South Carolina in an awkward position," said Jamie Fulmer, the director of investor relations for Advance America. Mr. Hawkins said there is no conflict between his duties...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/01/01/met_178804.shtml
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Lawmakers to revisit vetoes

...as many financial choices as possible, while also having meaningful consumer safeguards in place," said spokesman Jamie Fulmer. Ms. Berkowitz said it's insulting for the governor to make, as she sees it, an ideological argument that poor...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/06/15/met_527671.shtml
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Payday lending bill set for fast track in SC House

...The "notion of a database to track the actions of consumers, I think, can be a little bit like big brother," said Jamie Fulmer, spokesman for Spartanburg-based Advance America Cash Centers Inc., one of the industry's largest operations...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/01/27/met_509212.shtml
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Payday loan restrictions could backfire

...The dropoff has been more severe in South Carolina than we've seen in other states with similar law changes," said Jamie Fulmer, spokesman for Spartanburg-based Advance America. "We knew it would take a period of time to recover, about 18-24...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/your-business/2010-12-24/payday-loan-
Your Business | Business
S.C. lawmakers want tighter payday lending rules

...America is not switching the licenses of its 140 locations statewide and has no position on the bill, said spokesman Jamie Fulmer.He said the Spartanburg-based company would fight any effort to "regulate us out of business," maintaining that...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2010-02-16/sc-lawmakers-want-tighte
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Payday lending bill approved on final day

...are needed as a cheaper alternative to fees for bounced checks, electricity shutoffs and late credit card payments. Jamie Fulmer, spokesman for Spartanburg-based Advance America, said his company -- the industry's largest -- is pleased the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/05/22/met_524830.shtml
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Payday lending reform is not likely this year

...restrictions" -- such as loans tied to income -- would hurt the majority of borrowers who pay back the money responsibly. Jamie Fulmer insists the industry also wants consumers to use the loans responsibly, and blame those who would prefer the industry's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/05/14/met_523910.shtml
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DUI, lending bills look doomed

...arbitrary caps. Setting a limit on customers' yearly loans would hurt those who take out the money responsibly, said Jamie Fulmer, a spokesman for Spartanburg-based Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc., the nation's largest provider of...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/04/30/met_126648.shtml
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