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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 477E-5

  • Creditor: means any bank; savings and loan association; trust company; financial services loan company; credit union; mortgage loan originator; mortgage loan originator company; pawnbroker; mutual benefit society or fraternal benefit society; debt adjuster; the issuer of a credit card as defined in § 708-800; any person who initiates, extends, renews, or continues loans of money or credit; any person who regularly arranges for the initiation, extension, renewal, or continuation of a loan of money or credit; or any assignee of an original creditor who participates in the decision to grant, extend, renew, or to continue a loan of money or credit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 477E-2

Any creditor who violates or attempts to violate any provision of this chapter shall be deemed to have engaged in an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce within the meaning of section 480-2.