Personal Overdraft
- Last updated on 07 Jul 2020
Unsecured Personal Loan - (Excellent Credit)
Fixed
8.40%
up to 10.89%
10.12%
Low Rate Personal Loan - (Excellent Credit)
Variable
15.55%
15.64%
$250
$1k to $100k
based on $20,000 loan amount for 3 years
Pros
- No ongoing fees
- No early repayment fees
- Can apply online
- Only pay interest on outstanding balance
- Redraw facility available
Cons
- Application fee charged
- Cannot apply in branch
New Car | Total repayments $43,343 |
Used Car | Early Exit Penalty Fee $0 |
Motorcycle | Missed Payment Penalty $0 |
Boat | Redraw Activation Fee $0 |
Student Loan | Repayment Type Variable |
Debt Consolidation | Loan Type Unsecured |
Renovation | Available to 457 Visa Holders |
Shares | Redraw Facility |
Holidays | Extra Repayments |
Medical Bill | Line Of Credit |
Wedding | Upfront Fee $250 |
Ongoing Fee $0 | Borrowing range $1k - $100k |
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For over 45 years, The Mac, also known as Macarthur Credit Union, has been providing financial services to Australians.
Since starting in 1971 as a credit union for miners and truckers, The Mac has expanded its services and customer base. However, it remains a small financial institution, with only four branches that are all located in Western Sydney, NSW.
Over 13,000 members have financial products such as personal loans, home loans, banks accounts and savings accounts from The Mac.
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Much like home loans, many personal loans can be refinanced. This is where you replace your current personal loan with another personal loan, often from another lender and at a lower interest rate. Switching personal loans may let you enjoy more affordable repayments, or useful features and benefits.
If you have a $5000 personal loan as well as other debts, you may be able to use a debt consolidations personal loan to combine these debts into one, potentially saving you money and simplifying your repayments.
It is possible for students with no available history of borrowing or managing money to get a personal loan, though it may be more difficult as well as expensive than for borrowers with a good credit history.
Having no credit history means having no credit score. While many lenders may consider having no credit score to be better than having a bad credit score, they may still consider it riskier to lend to an unknown borrower and may charge higher interest rates or fees than to borrowers with good credit scores.
Comprehensive credit reporting may change your credit score, either positively or negatively, depending on an individual's situation.
Under comprehensive credit reporting, credit providers will share more information, both positive and negative, about how you and other Australians manage credit products. That means credit reporting bureaus will be able to make a more thorough assessment of everyone’s credit behaviour. That will lead to higher scores for some consumers and lower scores for others.
Like other personal loan applicants, single mothers will likely need to provide a few documents to any potential lender, such as personal identification, bank statements (savings, loans, credit cards), proof of address, and proof of income (payslips, tax returns).
Self-employed borrowers may be eligible for low doc personal loans, which require less documentation in their application process than many other personal loan options.
It’s important to remember that though low doc personal loans may require less paperwork, you may need to provide additional security, or pay a higher interest rate.
When many lenders assess a borrower’s income to determine whether they can afford a loan’s repayments without ending up in financial stress, they may not count Centrelink payments as income for this purpose.
Before applying for an emergency loan, it may be worth contacting a potential lender to find out if they accept applications from borrowers on Centrelink.
Many borrowers use quick loans to cover short-term or urgent costs, such as paying for car repairs, medical bills, or replacing broken appliances or electronics. Quick loans often have high interest rates compared with regular personal loans.
Before applying for a quick loan, consider your other available options, such as working out a payment plan or applying for an advance or extension.
It may be much more difficult for a self-employed borrower to successfully apply for a personal loan if they also have bad credit. Many lenders already consider self-employed borrowers to be riskier than those in full-time employment, so some self-employed personal loans require borrowers to have excellent credit.
If you’re a self-employed borrower with a bad credit history, there may still be personal loan options available to you, such as securing your personal loan against a vehicle of equity in a property, though your interest rates may be higher than those of other borrowers. Consider contacting a lender before applying to discuss your options.
Some lenders offer fast loans to borrowers with bad credit. Providers of small payday loans of up to $2000 or medium amount loans of up to $5000 may have no credit checks, though these lenders will usually want to confirm you can afford its loans on your income.
Borrowers who take out bad credit personal loans don’t just pay higher interest rates than on regular personal loans, they also get loaned less money. Each lender has its own policies and loan limits, but you’ll find it hard to get approved for a bad credit personal loan above $50,000.