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1.
What do borrowers use payday loans for?
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All of the above. People take out payday loans for many different reasons.
2.
As a general rule, which of the following will charge the LEAST amount of interest if you take out a loan?
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A loan from a bank or credit union. As a rule, these loans have the lowest interest rates and charge the least amount of interest.
3.
If you put up a guitar at a pawnshop in return for a loan, what usually happens if you can't pay the loan back?
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The pawnshop can keep the guitar. This is the general rule for how these loans work.
4.
If you have a short-term financial emergency, what is a low-cost way to obtain a loan?
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Emergency credit union loan. Many credit unions and banks offer relatively low-interest short-term loans that can help tide you over a short-term financial emergency.
5.
Which of the following best describes how payday loans differ from bank and peer-to-peer (P2P) loans in terms of repayment time?
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Payday loans must be repaid within weeks. Banks and P2P platforms let you take much longer to pay loans back.