The God reference is perhaps a canard here. (If you think ${religion} provides a useful moral framework, you haven't read enough about ${religion}.)
IIRC each of the three major monotheistic religions is fairly clear about the wrongs of lending money and charging interest -- except Judaism, which says it's okay so long as the borrower is not Jewish.
Perversely, from a regulatory perspective they'd have been in trouble if they'd vetted their customers based on their faith.
IIRC each of the three major monotheistic religions is fairly clear about the wrongs of lending money and charging interest -- except Judaism, which says it's okay so long as the borrower is not Jewish.
Perversely, from a regulatory perspective they'd have been in trouble if they'd vetted their customers based on their faith.