Plain Green Loans

Plain Green Loans, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryFinancial services
Headquarters
Montana
,
United States
ProductsPayday lending
OwnerChippewa Cree Tribe
Websitewww.plaingreenloans.com

Plain Green Loans is an online installment loan company providing emergency cash via the internet. It is a Tribal Lending Enterprise owned by the Chippewa Cree Tribe on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation.[1][2]

History

In 2011, Plain Green Loans issued over 121,000 loans.[2] Because the Chippewa Cree Tribe is a sovereign nation which enjoys tribal immunity, it is not subject to state laws which seek to prevent usury by regulating high-interest lending.[3]

In February 2012, a coalition of Indian tribes welcomed a Colorado court ruling that tribal immunity has no territorial boundaries.[4]

In 2014, several members of the tribe were convicted of illegally siphoning seven percent of the company's revenues which totaled $25 million over a three-year period.[5]

In January 2018, there was a successful settlement was reported between Plain Green Loans and BEH Gaming Ltd related to loans to the Chippewa Cree Tribe and Chippewa Cree Tribe Development Corporation. The settlement and Plain Green's payment of the debt to BEH releases the Chippewa Cree Tribe and Chippewa Cree Tribe Development Corporation from all liability. The agreement settles a lawsuit filed by Florida-based BEH Gaming Ltd in 2014 (Case # DV-14-142 in the 12th Judicial District Court in Hill County, Montana) to repay loans to expand Northern Winz Hotel and Casino.[6][citation needed]

Operations

Plain Green has a B rating with the Better Business Bureau"[7]

References

  1. ^ Leeds, Tim (November 3, 2011). "Havre Daily News". PDL Ventures in last days, Rocky Boy tribal rep says. Havre, Montana. Archived from the original on November 18, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Volz, Matt (Dec 27, 2011). "Missoulian". Chippewa Cree tribe cashes in on high-interest online loans. Missoula, Montana. Associated Press. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Volz, Matt (December 26, 2011). "The Guardian". Tribe's high-interest online lending venture booms. London, England. AP Foreign. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  4. ^ "Indian tribes welcome ruling on sovereignty". Denver Post. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Chippewa Cree Tribal Members Funneled Cash from Lending Company". Associated Press. September 9, 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  6. ^ Ross, Alex (January 5, 2018). “Havre Daily News”. Plain Green settles with BEH over loan lawsuit.
  7. ^ "Better Business Bureau Plain Green Rating". Better Business Bureau. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.