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Secured Loans

Your savings can be your ticket to building or rebuilding your credit.

Competitive Rates

Starting at 2.50% APR1

Flexible Terms

Up to 60 months

Savings Secured Loans

Savings Secured Loans are the perfect loan option to increase your credit no matter where you’re starting from.

For a quick, low-rate loan, use your savings as collateral! With a Savings Secured Loan, the money you already have on deposit is used as collateral, and you can borrow up to the amount you have in your savings with terms Up to 60 months.

All secured loans require collateral. For example, when you take out an auto loan, the car is used to secure the loan. The car is the collateral. Similarly, your home is considered the collateral when you get a mortgage or home equity loan.

Product Benefits

No fees and low rate

No fee to open or set up the loan and a fixed low rate at 2.50% APR.1

Borrowing based on your savings

You can borrow up to 100% of the money you have in your Patelco savings account. Minimum opening balance is $300.

Get the right loan amount on your terms

For a Savings Secured Loan, choose a payment term that works for you to pay off the loan – from 6 to 60 months.

Help grow your savings

Continue to earn interest on your Savings while you pay back the loan.

Establish or rebuild your credit

In addition to making your payments on time, a Secured Loan itself can help raise your credit score.

Secured Loans

Rates Effective 02/16/2023

Type

Term

Amount

APR1
Savings-Secured Up to 60 months Equal to savings 2.50%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Let’s have a conversation

At Patelco, we put your financial wellbeing first and provide free financial coaching with a Patelco Certified Financial Specialist.2 Your financial specialist can help you create a personalized strategy so you can feel in control of your money and track your progress.

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1 APR (Annual Percentage Rate) All loans are subject to credit approval, restrictions apply, rates are subject to change. Loan rates are effective as of 9/25/2024. Example, if you receive a loan of $10,000 with an interest rate of 2.50% with no origination fee and make 36 monthly payments of $288.89, your finance charges will be $399.99 which would make your total repayment amount of $10,399.99

2 Non-deposit investment products and services are offered through CUSO Financial Services, L.P. (“CFS”), a registered broker-dealer (Member FINRA/SIPC) and SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Products offered through CFS: are not NCUA/NCUSIF or otherwise federally insured, are not guarantees or obligations of the credit union, and may involve investment risk including possible loss of principal. Investment Representatives are registered through CFS. Patelco Credit Union has contracted with CFS to make non-deposit investment products and services available to credit union members.

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