Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2017. 3:54 pm CST.
Interesting to note here, is that even if a more customer friendly approach was taken, which is to say you pay a fix monthly payment plus interest on the decreasing balance you would still end up with an annual rate of 65% and still above the legal rate. This is simply because 10% is a high rate and if extended over a year is extremely costly.
Now let’s look at the 48% they are saying is legal. How can you get this rate? Well as mention its 4% per month, but the key point missed here as in the 120% per year scenario mention in the case is the monthly payment.
The only way for this to 48% or 120% per year is by a fixed system, where you pay a fixed interest on the principal. Anything else would be compounding or decreasing balance method. This is how it works, forget the months for simplicity, you know in a year you have to pay 48% in interest. This mean if you borrow $3500 then its 3500 times 48% which gives you $1680.00 in interest you have to pay. Divide $1680 by 12 and you have to pay $140 per month for 12 months. So even if you finish paying off your principal in 3 months, you still have to continue paying that ridiculus high interest rate as to say; if it was on the decreasing balance, however you would still be a little better off than on the compounding rate which gives an annual interest rate of 60% the highest among the three methods
So in conclusion, it appears that the entirety of the situation was not completely understood by those bringing the issue to the forefront. I hope this article can further the discussion, while serving to better inform the general public and allowing them to make better borrowing choices and hold the relevant authorities responsible in safeguarding them.
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