If you are a former RISE customer in Chicago, or anywhere in Illinois, RISE’s online installment loans could get $2,000 to $4,000 in your account as soon as tomorrow *.
Loans in Illinois are only available to former RISE customers on a limited basis.
Installment loans, like the ones RISE offers in Illinois, let you borrow money and use it for almost anything. Whether you need to fix your car, catch up on bills, or cover an unexpected visit to the emergency room, the money is yours, and you can repay it in installments over time.
RISE’s Illinois installment loans are unsecured loans, meaning you don’t have to offer up your possessions as collateral. A secured installment loan, like an auto title loan, could also let you borrow money and repay it over time. However, if you fall behind on payments, the lender could take your vehicle.
RISE offers installment loans in Illinois to former RISE customers on a limited basis. However, RISE also does more than just lend money. Here are a few features that could be appealing to borrowers:
RISE loan terms can vary depending on your income, employment, and history of repaying loans, but they all have the following features:
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| Loan Amount | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,000 |
| APR | 35.98% | 35.98% | 35.98% |
| Number of Bi-Weekly Payments | 32 | 39 | 45 |
| Amount Per Payment | $77.79 | $100.07 | $120.03 |
RISE installment loans in Chicago, Aurora, and throughout Illinois aren’t necessarily the least expensive option available. If you have a credit card with a lower APR or have excellent credit and can qualify for a low-rate personal loan elsewhere, that may be a better option.
However, RISE focuses on offering loans borrowers who may not have perfect credit but still need to borrow money to help pay for emergencies. For these borrowers, RISE’s loan terms and overall benefits make it a competitive option if you’re looking for loans in Illinois.
Although recent regulatory changes have caused many payday lenders to leave the state, storefront and online payday loans are still available in Illinois as long as they meet state regulations.
However, Payday loans have been known to cause a cycle of debt, where borrowers are continually renewing their loans. Also, Payday lenders generally don’t report your payments to the bureaus. As a result, repaying the payday loan wouldn’t help improve your credit scores.
While you generally don’t want to take out a loan and pay interest solely to build your credit, if you need to borrow money and are repaying your loan on time shouldn’t you get credit for it?
RISE reports your payment history to two major credit bureau, and making on-time payments could help you build a good credit history. Since your credit scores depend entirely on what’s in your credit reports, adding positive information to your reports could help improve your scores as well.
You can also sign up for the free Credit Score Plus program from RISE, which lets you track one of your TransUnion credit scores and comes with TransUnion credit monitoring.