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 Personal Loan - V2, which banks offer the best deal?

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post Nov 6 2011, 06:44 PM

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QUOTE(lonely66 @ Nov 5 2011, 10:12 PM)
how come ? cc interest rate is 13.5%-18% pa. personal loan now is about 8.5% - 12%. right ?
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Have u heard about reducing balance interest and flat rate?cc is on reducing balance.rule of thumbs is for example if reducing balance interest is 10% then flat rate interest rate is roughly 5%,but of course this is just rule of thumb,the exact value is a function of the tenure.
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post Jul 28 2012, 07:03 AM

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QUOTE(Ken_HP @ Jul 26 2012, 10:37 PM)
Credit card interest rate 18% p.a @ Rm10k x 18% = Rm11,800 p.a
P.Loan interest rate 9% ++ @ Rm10k x 9% = Rm10,900 p.a

Which 1 save more ?  biggrin.gif
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please stop deceiving people,personal loan interest is calculated on flat rate basis while credit card is on reducing balance basis.rule of thumb,
reducing balance interest=2 x flat rate interest .So in this sense,it is almost the same interest being paid
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post Aug 6 2012, 09:43 PM

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QUOTE(sherlynwen @ Aug 3 2012, 11:42 AM)
Im oweing credit cards about RM12k. Personal loan needed to settle one short in order to save some interest. Any bank now doing promo?
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I suggest a balance transfer if you intend to settle it within 1 year,max 2 years.You can get low interest or no interest for some bank for a certain period.

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