Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Installment loans can be just as bad as payday loans

Payday loans has gotten such a bad name that most internet lenders are now doing installment loans instead -that's good right?  WRONG.  Take a look at what an installment loan made by Western Sky/CashCall will cost you:
$10,000 Loan: 84 monthly payments of $743.49  Total (are you ready for this):  $62,453!
$1,500 Loan (which is really only a $1,000 loan because they take a $500 "fee" upfront and put $1,000 in your account):  24 monthly payments of $198.19  Total:  $4,756

The good news is that Western Sky/CashCall is probably out of business due to recent lawsuits by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and several states (not Virginia):   http://tinyurl.com/lh2cz95

But many other loansharks will try and get you to borrow money and tell you that it's OK, this isn't a payday loan, it is an installment loan.  Don't buy it-remember that an installment loan is just as bad a deal if you cannot afford the payments and they charge outrageous upfront fees. 

Giving a bad loan a different name does not help. Here are the safeguards necessary to create a successful small-dollar loan market http://tinyurl.com/kr3dzle. 

Successful loan markets benefit borrowers and responsible lenders.





he final report in the "Payday Lending in America" series discusses the safeguards that are necessary to create successful small-dollar loan markets, - See more at: http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_detail.aspx?id=327397#sthash.dBfjJjFx.dpuf
he final report in the "Payday Lending in America" series discusses the safeguards that are necessary to create successful small-dollar loan markets, - See more at: http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_detail.aspx?id=327397#sthash.dBfjJjFx.dpuf
he final report in the "Payday Lending in America" series discusses the safeguards that are necessary to create successful small-dollar loan markets, - See more at: http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_detail.aspx?id=327397#sthash.dBfjJjFx.dpuf