Payday lender Advance Financial closes several dozen Tennessee stores

By: Adam Friedman

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: September 10, 2026

Words: 448

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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Nashville-based payday lender Advance Financial closed over 40 of its storefront locations Wednesday.

At its peak in 2021, Advance had 105 locations, but over the past few years it has reduced that number and now operates under 30 stores, according to the company’s website listing its current locations.

Cullen Earnest, senior vice president of public policy at Advance Financial, said the company is restructuring and consolidating some stores …

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