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"Payday lending establishment" is a person or entity that offers, originates, or makes a deferred deposit transaction, whereby a person or entity defers depositing a customer's personal check until a specific date, pursuant to a written agreement. Payday lending establishment is equivalent to a "deferred deposit originator" as defined in Section 23001(f) of the California Financial Code, as amended from time to time. "Payday lending establishment" does not include a state or federally chartered bank, thrift, savings association, industrial loan company, or credit union. (Ord. 29089.)