funds llc type private industry financial services and retail founded 1979 1 headquarters malvern pennsylvania u.s. area served international key people john grayken products payday loans pawnbroking and jewelry sales owner lone star funds website dfg.com dollar financial group inc. dfg is a us based financial services group with over 1000 locations in seven countries . 1 it focusses on low income or bad credit consumers providing short term loans payday loans pawnbroking and gold buying services . 1 dfg s brands include money mart canada the money shop uk and ireland loan mart insta cheques and we the people . 2 the group acquired high end pawnbrokers suttons & robertsons in 2010 . in 2009 dfg was the largest provider of payday loans in the united kingdom with around a quarter of the market . 3 in february 2011 dfg additionally acquired the largest british internet payday lender month end money mem including the brand paydayuk for 195m 4 and suggested the money shop s network could grow from around 350 shops to around 1200 . 5 the company was previously known as monetary management corporation changing its name in 1990 . 2 the company was purchased by private equity fund manager lone star funds in 2014 . 6 regulatory action edit in 2013 the united states consumer financial protection bureau issued a consent order against a subsidiary for making false statements about auto loans to soldiers and veterans . the company was required to refund 3.3 million to servicemembers . 7 in june 2015 a year after its acquisition by lone star funds the company announced that it would wind down the program and cease taking on new customers . 8 in october 2015 the uk financial conduct authority ordered an affiliate to refund 15.4 million to 147 000 customers 9 after finding that the company was lending more to borrowers than they could afford to repay . 10 references edit a b c dfg dfg a b businessweek dollar financial group inc. marie burton consumer focus keeping the plates spinning perceptions of payday loans in great britain businesswire 1 april 2011 dollar financial corp consummates previously announced acquisition of purpose u.k. holdings limited mem the leading provider of internet loans in the united kingdom the guardian 11 february 2011 us payday loan firms plan rapid expansion in cash strapped britain lone star funds to buy dfc global wall street journal 4 2 2014 cfpb press release issued 6 27 2013 company website accessed 11 3 2015 dollar financial ordered to repay 15.4 million to customer the guardian 10 26 2015 fca press release issued 10 26 2015 external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dollar financial group & oldid 743227994 categories pawn shopsretail financial servicesamerican companies established in 1979companies based in chester county pennsylvania1979 establishments in pennsylvaniaprivately held companies based in pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 16 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view