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by edf13 2974 days ago
Don't payday loan...

Even though TSB will pay you back with interest the fact that you've used the payday loan will sit on your credit file and damage your history in the eyes of some companies.

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The point of a payday loan is they DON'T report to credit bureaus... I'm sorry but this is complete malarky. Payday loans are terrible terrible financial instruments and should never be used as credit...

but I have used a payday loan in the past for an emergency when my wife needed to extend her job hunt by 3 weeks and we had credit that was about to go to collections and my guaranteed annual bonus was a month out.

There are some cases where a payday loan can be used effectively to PREVENT damage to your credit history.

They do... I've seen it. (UK)

And I've also been told (By financial industry credit checks) it being on a report is seen unfavourably.