Understand the Singapore Private Licensed Moneylenders and their Personal Loan Package.
With the changes in moneylenders act, Private Licensed Moneylenders are popping up like mushroom. Where do they come from, how they operate and how much interest do they charge and what are the catch?

Monday, February 21, 2011

Invasion of Legal Loanshark

Surprise surprise!

Indeed this has become a very good business and it seems to cover 85% of the classified ads on
The Newpaper and these ad are even more than job recruitment ad.

With repetition of ads by the same moneylender and all the marketing gimmicks..
Free interest, monthly repayment and no admin fee.
I can tell you that they all work the same. The fact that more of these moneylender even operate
In the heartlands has conclude that there is no stopping them at the moment.

But the day will come.. Remember that last time there were a lot of ads on cpf investment where rouge
Financial consultant for cash of up to 200 buck for every $10k invested from cpf. Now it is gone when the government make some adjustment for cpf investment.
Recently all the 'dirty' spa ads are also getting less. No doubt that the police have done their job to raid these business.

Back the how these moneylenders charge. Despite the fact they are seeming trying to compete with each other.
They can't run away from the fact that they are shark.

Free 1st week interest? By not deduct the first payment mean you have to pay interest for another week. So it's the same. Smart huh?
No admin fee? 5% processing fee when your loan is approved. This will mean for every 1k, you are paying at least 50 and usually it will be 70 plus the whatever charge.

On top of that, it is 10-15% interest per month if you are going by monthly installment. It will be 100-150 dollar per month for 1k borrowed.
It may seem less but don't forget your principle loan. for 15% interest, you need to pay 317 per month for 6month. So how much interest is that.? 100% interest rate not forgetting your processing fee.

There is a list for directory of these sharks at sml999 website.
Take care!