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Why do short term loans have a high interest rate?

20th January 2021

It’s understandable to think an APR of over 1000% is ludicrous and unaffordable, but maybe there’s more to it than meets the eye. When we think about percentages in mathematical terms, we know that 100% is the total, and so anything over 100% is more than the original value.

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