The three main types of credit loans you can expect to be offered are overdraft facilities, credit cards and revolving personal loans.
Overdraft Facility Loans
First you need a bank account and preferably good credit. Then the bank will put money in your checking account every month for you to use depending on your monthly or yearly income.
How Does An Overdraft Loan Work?
Let’s just say the bank agrees to put R2,000 in your bank account and you only had to spend the amount of R1,000. At the end of the month you would pay interest on that R1,000, pay back the principle and then you would have access to R2,000 again next month.
Depending on your credit report you will find that different banks will offer you different interest rates, so you will want to look around and see your different options. Also don’t be surprised if your credit is less than perfect that your interest rate could be sky high no matter where you go.
You will have a monthly fee to pay every month, usually not much, and you will have to pay a fee to get your account started that will be a little more than your monthly fee.
Line of Credit with Credit Cards
Having a credit card can be very useful for anybody that likes to pay on the fly.
You can use this plastic card with a credit line just about anywhere.
How Does the Credit Card Work?
If you qualify for a credit card you will be credited a certain amount of money that you can use for just about anything. A credit card company or a bank will usually charge you a small fee for all of your purchases and will only charge you interest on the money that you use. At the end of each month you will receive a bill for those purchases.
Credit cards are available for all kinds of people and all kinds of reasons.
Some people use credit cards for everything they buy; some use their credit cards for just certain things and some people only use their credit cards when there in a bind or have an emergency. Depending on your credit score and credit report you will be issued a certain amount of money that you can spend. Make sure you know that amount; you do not want to go over it or they will charge you a big fee.
Revolving Personal Loan
A revolving loan is a great type of loan for someone who does now know how much money he really wants to take out. You will pay a monthly payment on that loan and once you have paid back 15% of that loan you will be able to take that 15% back and start paying on that 15% all over again.
How Does a Revolving Personal Loan work?
A revolving loan works by giving you the option of having a consistent line of credit. For example, if you borrowed a sum of money and over a year you paid back 25% of that loan and you realized you still wanted more money, you could request some or all of that 25% back. As the loan goes on you can do this as many times as you like as long as you have paid at least 15% of that loan back.
As with almost all loans, your interest rate will be based on your credit score but you will want to pay attention to what might happen to your interest rate if you keep borrowing more money. Possibly your interest rate could rise every time you take out more money.
Don’t forget that your interest and loan payment will be determined by your credit score so look closely at what the interest rate is and be careful with much you borrow.
Making a Decision
Having a credit loan can be a very good way to cover unexpected expenses or to just make your life a little easier. But the one thing that should be noted about having a credit loan is you should never use more then what you know you will be able to pay back on time. It is very easy to get yourself in a lot of financial trouble.
