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Bloomberg  1 hr ago  Comment 
(Update1) Borrowers are enjoying looser financing terms following a record 46.6 percent rally in high- yield, high-risk loans, raising concern that investors will face steeper losses if companies default.
guardian.co.uk  7 hrs ago  Comment 
Distressed loans represented 8.6% of the aggregate loan book of the 56 lenders surveyed The number of failing commercial property loans has rocketed and poses a growing threat to the faltering recovery in Britain's banking sector, a report has...
Times Online  Dec 4  Comment 
British banks, which could lose billions of dollars after lending money to Dubai World, were under the false impression that the debt would be guaranteed by the Dubai Government when they made the loans.
Merrill over Matter  Dec 3  Comment 
Here's the update on total bank lending and it is not good.  Total loans and leases at US banks continues to drop and is picking up speed. I went back and looked throughout the entire data set available (back to 1973) for bank loans and loan...
The Economic Times  Dec 3  Comment 
The country’s largest insurer, LIC, has sought to raise interest rate on its loan to public sector hydel power generator NHPC.
Business Standard  Dec 3  Comment 
Indicating an improvement in credit pick-up, State-owned Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), on Thursday said it expected the loan book to grow at 20-22 per cent this financial year.
Clusterstock  Dec 3  Comment 
(Click to expand) For every loan approved, three more loans are deteriorating, according to Lender Processing Services’ November monitor report. LPS provides mortgage performance data and analytics. Its November report provides a summary of...
BBC News  Dec 3  Comment 
As the first university term draws to an end, thousands of students are still waiting for loans and grants.
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A loan is an arrangement to borrow money. The lender provides the money with the understanding that the borrower will return it in the future. Loans usually have an interest which gives the lender an incentive to lend out the asset.


Loans can broadly be categorized in to two variations:

  • Secured Loans
  • Unsecured Loans

Secured Loans

This is the kind of loan where the borrower pledges some kind of collateral as a security until the principal is paid off completely.

The most common example would be a Mortgage Loan, where the lender holds a lien on the house title until it's paid off in full.

Unsecured Loans

This is the kind of loan where the borrower does not provide a collateral.But, generally should provide proof of regular source of income and / or stable job so that the lenders can weigh their risk and come up with an interest rate for the term of the loan.
Examples would be, credit card loans, personal loans etc,.

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