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credit card and loan

lmcamoes
lmcamoes Posts: 124 Forumite
Hi

I have a HSBC credit card with 4500 GBP at 18.9% APR and a HSBC loan of 10000 GBP at 3.9%.

I pay around 200 GBP to the Loan and 100GBP to the credit card.

How can I consolidate this two?

Comments

  • dealer_wins
    dealer_wins Posts: 7,334 Forumite
    Why do you want to consolidate? Just overpay the credit card as much as possible every month until it is cleared. The loan is at a very good rate, and consolidation would likely by at a much higher rate than 3.9%.

    If you are struggling to make repayments, then post on the "debt free wannabe" board for ideas to cut down your outgoings.
  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    edited 2 February 2015 at 5:45PM
    What is the reason for wanting to consolidate?

    Is £300 the maxmimum you can afford to the debt a month?

    The loan is a decent rate.
    If you cannot increase the repayments on the card then I'd be looking to see if you can move the card to a cheaper rate - perhaps a balance transfer offer to another card? - although if you do consider a balance transfer move check the T&Cs on any new credit card - some will have a higher % minimum payment than £100 a month on that balance.

    If you cannot move to a cheaper card or refinance the card debt elsewhere then work on ways to increase your repayments, either reducing other outgoings or increasing your income.
    At £100 a month the existing credit card will take over 6years to clear.
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