In another case, Lori Christensen, of Logan, had paid off the $1,200 she owed in interest on a $300 loan from a different payday lender, but she still showed up just to make sure she wouldn't hear from small claims court again. Stories like Christensen's are anecdotal and don't accurately reflect the payday lending community, said Cort Walker, a spokesman for the Community Financial Services Association of America who also works for Check City, a Provo-based payday lender. He said the company supported a Utah law that limited the amount of times consumers could extend a loan, but it doesn't support legislation that could cap interest rates in Utah. People in Utah paid about $69 million in payday loan fees last year, according to the CRL, and some Utah lawmakers are taking notice. Read More