Is Unsecured Loan Better Than a Secured Personal Loan?

Pardeep Sharma
Loan and Banking in India
2 min readJun 21, 2019

When it comes declaring which is the winner out of the two, the best answer is–it depends on the person opting for the loan! If one is better in comparison with others, then lenders wouldn’t really-promote them equally. It all depends on one’s financial requirements and his/her capacity to repay it.

The advantageous point in appealing for the unsecured loan is that there isn’t any such requirement of collateral as in secured loan type. While interest rates are a bit more in unsecured loans in comparison to secured ones, the process of asking for a loan from banks in unsecured type is easy.

If an individual is capable of dealing with the interest rates, then both the loan types are equally suitable enough. Both of them allows the borrower to finance the requirements, and settle debts such as:

  • The loan amount acquired can be utilized in clearing away multiple debts from banks.
  • The loan amount can be used, for arranging any function, ceremonies, or, to give a marriage party.
  • For enrolling kids in better school & colleges and, to meet other educational expenses.
  • For performing any construction work, renovation, or, detail work in the house.
  • For financing various medical expenses during an emergency.
  • For fulfilling other-personal wants and needs.

The step in applying for an unsecured loan is somewhat straightforward, and at times faster than, collateral type loans. Since there’s no provision for showing security, a good credit score report is definitely going to play an essential role in both of them.

Also Read: Secured vs Unsecured Personal Loan: Which one should you choose?

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Pardeep Sharma
Loan and Banking in India

An experienced financial analyst, researcher & writer. I have done MBA in Finance. I have worked extensively in the finance sector.