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Small lenders offering some of the cheapest personal loans

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Nick Bendel
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Endeavour Mutual Bank is offering a personal loan from as low as 4.24 per cent – but there’s a catch.

The Term Deposit Secured Loan, which has an advertised rate of 4.24 per cent and a comparison rate of 4.44 per cent, is available only to borrowers who secure their entire loan with cash.

So you can’t take out a personal loan for, say, $10,000 without also putting $10,000 into a term deposit. At the moment, Endeavour Mutual Bank is paying up to 2.70 per cent interest for its term deposits.

Meanwhile, at the end of February, the average interest rate for all the personal loans listed on RateCity.com.au was 11.90 per cent. The average application fee was $175.

Endeavour Mutual Bank has the lowest-rate personal loan listed on RateCity. Other low-rate options include:

LenderProductAdvertised rateComparison rate
Heritage BankLow Rate Secured Loan5.14%7.61%
360 FinanceLeisure Finance5.49%6.36%
G&C Mutual BankFair Rate Personal Loan Diamond5.99%6.20%
Credit Union SASpecial Fixed Rate Personal Loan5.99%6.26%
Community First Credit UnionHome Improvement Loan6.12%6.39%

It’s important to note that the cheapest personal loan won’t always be the best personal loan for all borrowers.

Disclaimer

This article is over two years old, last updated on March 24, 2018. While RateCity makes best efforts to update every important article regularly, the information in this piece may not be as relevant as it once was. Alternatively, please consider checking recent personal loans articles.

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This article was reviewed by Personal Finance Editor Mark Bristow before it was published as part of RateCity's Fact Check process.