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Credit Union worth investigating

Tightwadways
Tightwadways Posts: 325 Forumite
We're looking onto borrowing money from our local credit union. Normally you would have to save for a certain amount of time before you could borrow, but for the sake of asking we've now found out once we become a member (£1) it may be possible to borrow what we need and only pay 1% on the balance for it's lifetime!! We have also been told we may need guarantors to do this, but as it's a fairly small amount my parents are happy to step in. Just thought I'd share....

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  • Whilst is is true that the Credit Union Interest Rate is 1%
    it is in fact 1% per month
    APR 12.86%

    Robert Shilling
    ...............................I have put my clock back....... Kcolc ym
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