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Payday loans, also known as cash advance, are a useful tool after bankruptcy. By keeping current on your bills through a payday loan, you can rebuild your credit history. The key is to only use these cash advances for emergencies.

Using Payday Loans

Faced with a financial emergency, it is better to apply for a cash advance than skip a bill payment for two reasons. First, after bankruptcy the best thing you can do to rebuild credit is to pay your bills on time. If you are 30 days past due or longer, it will take three years for it to be removed from your credit history.

The second reason to use cash advances is to save money on late fees. Often a $30 late fee on an account will be more expensive than the financing fee of a payday loan. The same is often true with loan payments and bank charges.

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Most credit cards offer cash advances. However, there are many hidden costs that can be quite costly. When you take a cash advance, a standard fee of 3% will be tacked on. Additionally, a cash advance interest rate will apply. This rate is often 5% to 15% higher than the standard APR. A very select few credit cards do offer 0% cash advance interest rates for up to 1 year, but when the introductory period ends, the APR still skyrockets into the high 20′s.

If you intend to take a cash advance and are not able to get a 0% interest card, there are a number of things to take into mind. Here are just a few expensive cash advance scenarios and some possible solutions:

1.) Let’s say you have a balance of $1,000 on your credit card and you take a $1000 cash advance. Two months later, you pay $1000 towards your bill. Guess what? Your interest rate will still be the astronomical cash advance rate, not your regular rate. Why? Because credit card companies apply your payments to your lower interest balances before higher interest balances. That means you’ll have to pay off your entire $2000 balance to avoid paying 29% interest on your credit card.

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If you want a cash advance or a payday/paycheck loan, you usually get a personal check. Some companies use your bank account or credit card in addition to or instead of a check. This means that you have to write a check that is to be cashed or you have to agree to have an amount withdrawn from your bank account at a certain date in future (usually 14 days). After filling-in the agreement or contract you get a sum of money that is less than what you have agreed to pay. The sum is smaller because the difference is the "fee" for the loan service. Why would the company loan you money like this? Because loaning out money in this way and getting these "fees" really brings them a huge profit at your expense.

If we assume that you borrow $200 and the "fee" is of $15 for each $100, within 14 days you will have to give back $230 for the $200 that you borrowed. If by borrowing the $200 you avoid paying a $100 late fee or penalty on something, then it is worth the effort. But if you just need the money for yourself, the price is too high.

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