FIN § 18212

(a) The charges by an industrial loan company, broker, and all other persons on any loan, forbearance of money, credit, goods, or things in action under this division, shall not exceed in the aggregate:

(1) Two percent per month on that part of the unpaid principal balance of any loan up to, including, but not in excess of, one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(2) One percent per month on any remainder of such unpaid principal balance in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b) As an alternative to the charges authorized by subdivision (a), a company may contract for and receive charges at a rate not exceeding 1.6 percent per month on the unpaid principal balance.