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3 years, 2 months ago about Payday Loans

How do payday loans work?

What are the fees, are they legal, and what are the pros and cons of using payday loans, cash advance, or short term loans.
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krystyne20 | 3 years, 2 months ago
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Typically, a payday loan is for about $100 to $500. The fee is generally around 20%, but you have to pay it back in about two weeks. So, for example, if you borrow $500, you will write the payday loan place a check for $600 (that $500 plus the 20% fee). They will hold your check until the end of the two weeks. However, if you don't have the money to pay it back when the two weeks are up, you can extend the loan for another two weeks by paying the 20% fee. So you pay them $100 to extend your due date another two weeks. But again, if you don't have the $600 at the end of the next two weeks, you can again extend it for another two weeks by paying the 20% fee again. So obviously if you keep extending your loan, you'll end up paying hundreds of dollars in fees - more than what your loan actually was. So the 20% interest fee can actually turn into 50%, or 100% or more.

So, never ever get a payday loan.
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kalane | 3 years, 2 months ago Report

Great answer, and I don't doubt that your information is correct. However, fact-based answers such as these can always be improved greatly if you provide a link to the site from which you got the information.

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lsmarketing | 3 years, 1 month ago
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Hi,

A payday loan helps you bring your financial stability back on track whenever you overshoot your budget, or when there are emergency expenses to address. It is a instant, unsecured, short-term loan that can be paid back when the next paycheck arrives.

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ferratum | 2 months ago
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Payday Loans are basically small cash injections that will carry you through till payday. These types of loans are usually used when an un-expected event occurs which requires you to pay. e.g. your car may break down leaving you no option but to take out a loan since you do not have any money until payday, hence the name payday loan.

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yourmoneyloans | 1 year, 4 months ago
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Payday Loans are short term loans (typically 30 days or less) to bridge the gap until your next payday.

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margies12 | 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Payday loans are popular for a number of reasons. To those who are in the position of needing one, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

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mburgham | 2 years, 4 months ago
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Payday loans are essentially an easy way to get unsecured credit, most UK based payday loan companies have an online application which an applicant needs to complete then the payday loan company will contact the applicant with a view to securing a little more information about them, wage slips, age verification and so on. Once this has been verified the payday loan company will either offer a loan or decline it. It’s that simple! The APR is so high because the APR is worked out over a year but because the payday loan is for short term, usually until the next payday the APR doesn’t really count. Here’s a great site I found for further information:

 http://www.cashswerve.com/index.php/paydayloans

It also has the option of applying for a payday loan directly from the site.

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paydaydirect | 2 years ago
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Basically, payday loans enable salaried people to meet their sudden monthly expenses like medical bill,car repair bill.These loans can be taken very easily without much eligibility check and huge documentation.

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seshankrishnan | 3 years, 2 months ago
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The US Federal Trade Commission’s recommendation is to avoid payday lenders.

Payday lenders target:
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younger consumers with limited understanding of finances
consumers who are deeply in debt
consumers who are struggling to meet their day-to-day financial obligations
those who have a history of using high-risk lenders
Typically, you request a payday loan for a short period of time, usually one to four weeks. You show proof of employment and identification and write a postdated check for the full amount of the amount you borrowed plus the payday loan fee, which you leave with the lender. The fee may seem reasonable: $15 to borrow $100 for two weeks, for example. However, the annual interest rate on that loan is 360 percent. It may seem worth it if you're in a bind, but people often extend the loan month after month and end up paying grossly inflated annual interest rates and end up in worse shape than when they borrowed the money in the first place.

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dcanswerer | 3 years, 2 months ago
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Payday loans are pretty simple, but almost always just a terrible idea.

You go to a payday lender, and bring your last 3 months (or so) of pay stubs. They will give you a very short term loan (to get you to payday) with an EXTREMELY high interest rate. It's often between 30-50%. This is about the worst interest rate out there, with the possible exception of the mafia.

The pro is that you have some money to get you through the week. The con is that if you miss a payment, they will jack up your interest rate even more, tack on extra fees, knowing that you probably won't be able to make that payment.

There is legislation going through Congress right now to regulate the industry, because they have been left to their own devices for far too long. And please excuse my opinions, but it's about time.

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