Guilherme Nicolas, the branch manager, hopes to sign up 10, 000 customers. But he says most residents earn less than 1, 000 reais ($600) a month, and some want loans to buy food.

分行经理Guilherme Nicolas希望签约一万个存款户，但他表示这里大多数住户每月收入不到一千黑奥（六百美元），而有些住户还需要借钱购买食品。

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"We are currently contacting a number of students by telephone who we have identified as being at risk of having their details compromised, to advise them of the necessary security steps they should follow to ensure their details are protected, " said Heather Laing, fraud prevention and detection manager for the Student Loans Company.

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To qualify even for these usurious loans, customers must pass inspection with an Elektra manager who checks reported salaries and an inspector who makes house calls to verify addresses and inventory possessions.

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