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loan onto card?

:wave: Hi everybody

I'm new to the forum but have been using the site for years now, thanks Martin and team.

I have a question I was hoping someone could answer,

Can I 'balance transfer' a personal loan onto a 0% credit card? I have about 5k outstanding on a 7.2% personal loan and would really like to get it paid off faster with a lower interest rate.

Cheers

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  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    One of several options, but by far the cheapest...

    Get an M&S card
    Buy Sterling travellers cheques with it from M&S
    Deposit the travellers cheques into your current account
    Settle the loan from there

    The above will get you 15 months 0% for a 1% fee.

    Balance transfer the debt next summer (if 0% BT deals are still around then!?) as a standard card to card BT.
  • CH27
    CH27 Posts: 5,531 Forumite
    What will the interest rate on the credit card be once the 0% ends?
    Can you guarantee to clear the full balance before the charges kick in?
    Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
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