{"id":1372,"date":"2017-07-15T10:09:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T10:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/139.59.38.172:8081\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2019-06-03T12:24:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T12:24:36","slug":"credit-card-personal-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/financial-blog\/credit-card-personal-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Credit Card or Personal Loan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Personal Loan:<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/loans\/compare-personal-loans-uae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Personal loan<\/a> is an unsecured type of loan where the borrower doesn\u2019t pledge anything in order to procure a loan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/financial-blog\/credit-scoring-and-where-it-is-headed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Credit score<\/a> plays an important role while applying for a personal loan. A person with a good credit score can get a personal loan easily. These loans carry annual interest rates which are calculated every month accordingly. With the regular payment of interest without any delay, the credit score can be improved. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Personal Loan in UAE:<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/loans\/compare-personal-loans-uae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">personal loan in UAE<\/a> is easy. If you have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/loans\/personal-loan-with-5000-aed-salary-in-uae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">minimum salary of AED 5000, personal loan<\/a> will be provided by many banks with hassle free documentation. Even for self-employed, students, a personal loan is provided with required documents.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maybe interested:<\/strong> Calculate your Personal Loan EMI using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/calculators\/emi-calculator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMI Calculator<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credit Card:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/cards\/compare-credit-cards-uae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credit card<\/a> is a plastic currency card which is utilized for payment without cash, and a monthly bill would be generated along with some interest. Even credit card bills can be considered as unsecured loans where credit score plays a vital role. When monthly interest is settled on time, this boosts the credit card which would help in getting a personal loan or a new credit card. You need not worry about not having cash when you have this plastic card.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you are in need of money and can\u2019t wait for a personal loan, then credit cards come in handy. Usage of credit card even provides with rewards, gifts and much more. Many people&nbsp;are attracted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/credit-card-offers-in-dubai-uae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credit card offers<\/a> provided. There are even a few banks like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/loans\/dubai-islamic-bank-personal-loan-in-uae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dubai Islamic Bank<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/loans\/arab-bank-personal-loan-in-uae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arab Bank<\/a> which provides Internet credit card i.e., just for online shopping.<\/p>\n<h3>Are Credit Card &amp; Personal Loan the Same?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Credit card and a Personal Loan both come under the unsecured type of loan where credit score plays a crucial role. Having almost all the similar features, there are few attributes where they vary. It differs right from the mode of the loan amount granted to a borrower, interest rates to the repayment of the loan. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Which is preferable?<\/h3>\n<p>In UAE most of the people prefer a personal loan to credit cards when it comes to lending money from banks. Even though it is easy to get a credit card with less <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/financial-blog\/list-of-documents-required-by-banks-in-uae-complete-checklist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documentation<\/a>, a personal loan is preferable because of the high-interest rates on credit cards. There are many people who get a personal loan to clear credit card debts. In such cases, a credit card holder can do a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/financial-blog\/balance-transfer-uae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balance Transfer<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/financial-blog\/debt-consolidation-good-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Debt consolidation loan<\/a> where he can take a personal loan and clear the credit card debts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1372-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/financial-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/output_HD720-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/financial-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/output_HD720-1.mp4\">https:\/\/www.mymoneysouq.com\/financial-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/output_HD720-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summary<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basically, a personal loan is for long term payments and credit card for short term payments. On credit cards, banks keep a limit where a person can avail only within that limit. Usage of a credit card is a bit complicated; especially if you don\u2019t have a clear idea of what kind of card you are using. One should know how to handle a credit card or else it will land you into huge debts. There is no such problem with a personal loan as the entire loan amount is directly credited to your account and you just need to make use of it appropriately. But if you are in need of money under an emergency situation then credit cards would be helpful. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The worst part of a personal loan is the original amount borrowed doesn\u2019t reduce until we pay that lump of the amount back; whereas with a credit card, we have to clear the monthly bill on time which would be less of a burden compared to a personal loan. However, be sure not to skip your monthly payments, as this would cause your debt to rise exponentially resulting in automatically dropping the credit score.<\/p>\n<h5>So choose wisely and go for the best according to your preferences and necessity. It is important to have complete knowledge of the loan before you are going to opt.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Loan: A Personal loan is an unsecured type of loan where the borrower doesn\u2019t pledge anything in order to procure a loan. Credit score plays an important role while applying for a personal loan. A person with a good credit score can get a personal loan easily. 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