New Alternatives for those who need Finance and have
Bad Credit
For those who have a bad credit history there are new options available
for getting finance. You may have heard of Bad Credit Bank Accounts;
these accounts are specially designed for those who have less than
perfect credit and need a way to obtain finance.
Bad Credit Accounts explained
These accounts have basically two purposes, they provide finance
through pre-agreed personal Loans and they also help improve credit
score. In order to make good use of these tools, you need to know
exactly how they work and how to get access to them. Following are
a couple of tips on this subject that you may find useful.
Bad Credit Bank Accounts are just like any bank account, the only
difference is that certain banks, smaller ones, have fewer requirements
than others and thus make available this kind of account packages
for people with bad credit. What makes these accounts good news
is even better news for those with a bad credit history who are
unable to get finance.
These accounts are savings or checking accounts that also include
the possibility to retrieve money from the account even if there
is not enough money on it. The bank automatically lends the money
and charges an interest on it. However, the amount you can retrieve
is small, usually around $1500.
Pre-agreed Personal Loans
What makes these accounts special is that they come with a pre-agreed
Personal
Loan. This means that whenever you need to, you can borrow a
larger amount of money, usually up to $10000 or more without doing
any paperwork. This is possible because the bank has already done
all the credit verifications when you obtained the bank account.
In fact, you can even obtain the money via the ATM.
When you obtain the account you値l get all the information regarding
these loans. Usually to keep it simple, they値l show you the monthly
installment amount you値l have to pay every $1000. This amount includes
everything: principal, interest, administrative fees, insurance,
etc.
Pre-Agreed personal loans are unsecured loans, but the interest
rate associated with them is lower than stand-alone personal loans,
mainly because many fees are already being charged with the maintenance
of the account. Thus, you are getting more services for the same
or less money.
Credit Repair
Another benefit that comes attached with these accounts is that
both the account and the pre-agreed personal loan contribute to
rebuild your credit.
A regular use of both will slowly raise your credit score and improve
your credit history. You may even get a good credit score in a small
period of time, as the banks always inform credit agencies of your
credit performance.
As a plus, some of these accounts will grant you either a secured
credit card or an unsecured credit card depending on your credit
score and history. But if you have bad credit, a secured credit
card is not that bad as you値l be able to improve your credit faster
because each time you pay the balance in full it get痴 recorded
into your credit history. You値l then have three financial products
regularly being reported: The account, the pre-agreed personal loan
and the unsecured or secured credit card. It痴 a single combo with
many benefits.
Bryan Quinn is a financial advisor with more than thirty years of
experience.
Recommended reading: The
Complete Credit Repair Kit
This
book is designed for the approximately 3,250,000 consumers who are
refused credit each year because of inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date
information in their credit files; the nearly 5,500,000 consumers
who have filed bankruptcy in the past five years; and those who have
been damaged by money problems.