Glossary

Glossary

financial terms explained

Bad Credit Unsecured Loan

A bad credit unsecured loan is usually for a smaller amount than a secured loan and if you default on payments your assets will not be at risk. If you have bad credit, it is generally the case that you have missed your agreed repayment schedule somehow. However, there are often very mundane reasons for having a bad credit rating, which have nothing to do with meeting repayments, such as being self-employed or in the armed forces. Nonetheless, because of the bad credit rating, the APR on a bad credit unsecured loan can run very high indeed. This is due to the fact that the lender will feel loaning the money to be more risky and have to consider the likelihood of default across all of its borrowers. For these reasons, it is worth considering just how badly you need a bad credit unsecured loan.