The Internet is chock full of payday loan companies. So how does a borrower, someone who needs to get a cash advance on their next paycheck, decide which payday loans company to use?
It’s not like you have a lot of time to shop. Anyone in need of quick cash from a payday loan is someone in a hurry. Still, this is not a commodity product. Payday loans from different lenders come with different features that matter:
Not all offer the same terms – The terms are how much you pay the payday loans company to borrow from them. Some charge more, some charge less. And some payday loans companies ignore state banking licensing and regulations so they can charge you a whole lot more (in most cases, those lenders operate outside of the U.S., but because they operate on the Internet you have no idea where they are coming from).
Terms include more than interest rates – Payday loans are short-term loans, so you will repay on that loan in a few weeks or a month or two. So interest charges are important, but you have to remember there are other fees involved. And when you cannot repay the loan in one paycheck, there are rollover or extension charges. Each lender differs in each of these fees and rates.
What are your needs? – When you plan to pay back on the loan is a question you should first ask yourself when taking out a payday loan. If, for example, you decide to repay the loan over the next three pay periods (six weeks or one-and-a-half months?), it will require an extended, rolled-over loan. So those charges will matter. But if you pay the loan back in one paycheck, rollover charges do not affect you.
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