District of Columbia

DC Check Cashing Locations

Check Casher locations without payday lending authority. The dataset contains locations and attributes of check cashers provided by the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking.

Example records
Namelegal entityZIP CodeaddressStreet AddressaddressXgeospatialYgeospatialWardgeographicFilenumberregistrationXcoordgeospatialYcoordgeospatialLatitudegeospatialLongitudegeospatialObjectididentifier
SD Liquors, Inc., D/B/A Al's Liquors200324009 SOUTH CAPITOL STREET SW-8572490.65021384697501.58624318Ward 84661399306.12129251.9438.83105543-77.00799146124
HR Enterprises, Inc.200324137 WHEELER ROAD SE-8570491.860489034697838.48684348Ward 86054400865.12129513.6638.83341297-76.99003603123
Ocean View Liquors Inc., D/B/A Ocean View Liquors200324682 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AVENUE SW-8572786.541696824696082.00037469Ward 8399075.2128149.1438.82112067-77.0106495125
Use cases

Fintech Lender Exclusion Zone Mapping

A fintech company preparing to launch a short-term credit product in DC screens its prospective partner locations against licensed check cashers to identify areas with high concentrations of alternative financial services, which signals both competitive saturation and elevated credit risk in the surrounding population.

Street AddressZIP CodeWardLatitudeLongitude

KYB Verification for Payment Processor Onboarding

A payment processor onboarding a new merchant that operates a check cashing window cross-references the applicant's business name and address against this registry to confirm the entity holds a valid DC license and is not operating outside its permitted scope, which excludes payday lending.

NameFilenumberStreet AddressZIP Code

Fraud Pattern Detection Across Alternative Financial Services

A bank fraud team investigating structuring activity traces cash transaction originators back to specific check cashing locations, using the licensed operator name and address to determine whether the location is a known regulated entity or an unlicensed operation, and flags discrepancies for SAR filing consideration.

NameStreet AddressFilenumberLatitudeLongitude
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