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Wall Street Journal  32 min ago  Comment 
For shareholders, employees and some executives, there aren’t a lot of silver linings to the recent wave of corporate bankruptcies. But for distressed-debt investors, mass corporate failures spell opportunity. One opportunity: getting in on...
The Economic Times  2 hrs ago  Comment 
Backed by a strong credit demand mainly in the auto segment, private sector lender, HDFC Bank disbursed Rs 3,000 crore of retail loans in October.
Bloomberg  Nov 9  Comment 
Promise Co., Japan’s second-largest consumer lender by market value, may cut its branch network in half to cope with an industry contraction President Ken Kubo said many competitors won’t survive.
The Australian  Nov 9  Comment 
NO strings attached: China pledges $US10 billion in loans to African countries as it cancels some nations’ debts.
Keep My Dollar  Nov 8  Comment 
[caption id="attachment_458" align="alignleft" width="1024" caption="Lending Club note Screen"][/caption] Having heard about Lending Club on several other blogs I recently opened an account.  I had previously had an account with Prosper.Com,...
Financial Times  Nov 8  Comment 
Wen Jiabao, China’s premier, has pledged $10bn in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and defended China’s engagement against accusations it is ‘plundering’ the continent’s oil and minerals
Michael James on Money  Nov 8  Comment 
This is a Sunday feature looking back at selected articles from the early days of this blog before readership had ramped up. Enjoy. When people get into trouble with their debts, they usually have several different debts including credit cards,...
Sydney Morning Herald  Nov 8  Comment 
Westpac Banking Corporation is set to introduce interest free "green loans" worth up to $10,000.
Bloomberg  Nov 7  Comment 
The $3 billion loan backed by Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan was transferred to a special servicer at the request of Tishman Speyer Properties Inc. and Blackrock Realty, Fitch Ratings said.
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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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