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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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You can pay back a payday loan over many years.

Payday loans must be repaid within weeks.

Payday loans and bank loans both offer similar repayment periods.

Payday loans have the longest repayment time.

Payday loans must be repaid within weeks. Banks and P2P platforms let you take much longer to pay loans back.

If you are behind on a non-payday loan, why should you talk with the creditors about it?

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They will forgive the loan.

They would rather work with you than have to sell your loan to a debt collector.

They will give you another loan to cover it.

None of the above

They would rather work with you than have to sell your loan to a debt collector. If they sell your loan to a debt collector, they will get very little for it. They WANT to work with you rather than see that happen.

A payday loan is designed to _______.

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Pay off your mortgage

Tide you over until your next paycheck

Provide an open-ended line of credit

Tide you over until your next paycheck. A payday loan is set up to pay short-term bills and to be repaid with your next paycheck.

If you put up your car as collateral for a car title loan, what happens to your car if you pay the loan back?

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The lender can still keep the car

You retain ownership of your car

Nothing

None of the above

You retain ownership of your car. As long as you pay the loan back, you legally must get your car back.

What is a typical fee on a payday loan?

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15%

50%

100%

15%. Fee rates range from 15-20% of the amount borrowed.

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