Facilitating an interest-bearing loan between a Jew and a non-Jew

Question

Am I allowed to broker a deal where a Jew is going to pay interest to a non-Jew? The non-Jew is going to pay me a fee for arranging this. 

Answer

You are allowed to broker such a deal, since there is absolutely no prohibition for a gentile to charge a Jew interest. However, you have to make absolutely sure that you are only a broker, and have no part in the loan itself. If the contract mentions you, the broker, as one of the lenders, then the whole deal is prohibited.

Source

Shulchan Oruch, section Yore Dea, ch. 159, §1 and ch. 160, §3

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