Section 19-14.2-8 - Maximum loan and interest rateEvery small loan lender may lend up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the aggregate to one borrower and may charge, contract for, and receive on the loan interest on the unpaid principal balance on a loan at a rate not exceeding the following:
(1) Loans up to and including three hundred dollars ($300), three percent (3%) per month;(2) Loans exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) but not exceeding eight hundred dollars ($800), two and one-half percent (2.5%) per month; and(3) Loans exceeding eight hundred dollars ($800), but not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), two percent (2%) per month.R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-14.2-8