In Maryland, lenders are using the CSO model to provide a cash advance to customers. There is a pretty harsh opinion in the Baltimore Sun. The comments section is open if you want to give your $0.2. Here is the article.
From what I can tell, there are three states where CSO’s are working: Texas, Maryland and Ohio. I got this information of Cash Net USA’s website. Texas is the big one. We have some customers in Ohio, but their operating under the Second Mortgage Act.