New regulations can cause you to have to rethink your entire expansion plans. In the worst-case scenario, the gravity of the situation is one that can cause those with power to eliminate the entire payday loan industry. The map created by the Pew's Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project, illustrates what regulations are already in effect in certain states. The states in green illustrate the states that are permissive with their laws, including our own state of California. The states in orange represent those that have some restrictive laws, and the states in red represent those that have very restrictive payday loan legislation. (Pew