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Rather than expensive payday loans charging eye-watering annual interest rates, your local credit union may provide short-term loans at far cheaper rates.
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled proposed rules in June that take aim at short-term payday loans charging triple-digit annual percentage rates.
The Post Office also appears in the best-buy tables for smaller and larger loans, charging 13.9 per cent from £2,000 and 9.9 per cent on loans of between £5,000 and £25,000.
The Money Shop and other brands run by Dollar Financial UK – Payday UK, Payday Express and Ladder Loans – handed out short-term loans charging interest rates as high as 2,962%.
The scheme My Home Finance, run in collaboration with the Royal Bank of Scotland, 26 housing associations and the Wates Foundation, will provide loans charging a typical APR of 29.9%, comparing very favourably to the rates charged by doorstep and pay-day lenders, which can range from 200% to 2,000%.
Most are just indebted Joes looking to consolidate debt or roll over Visa and MasterCard balances that are charging 14% into loans charging 11%.
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Those loans charge higher interest rates than are available on the loans sold with government guarantees.
That business – Everyday Loans – charges ordinary members of the public interest at an average 74.8 per cent APR.
The backlash began even before Newcastle confirmed they had signed the deal with Wonga, whose loans charge interest at an average annual percentage rate of 4,214%.
Some credit union loans charge borrowers no more than 1% interest a month on the actual amount owing, an APR of 12.7%.
Some credit union loans charge borrowers no more than 1% a month on the actual amount owing, an APR of 12.7%.
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