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There are certain lenders which target people with bad credit. Cash advance or payday advance companies do a lot of advertising. They can afford it. A typical bad credit cash advance or payday loan costs the borrower $10 per $100 borrowed. Since the loan term is two weeks, this fee is equivalent to an annual percentage rate or APR of 261%. Just for comparison the average APR charged by credit card companies is around 13%.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other government agencies have tried to shut down some of these companies which offer unsecured personal loans. Bad credit is hard enough to deal with; consumers do not need to become stuck in what some have referred to as a