Interest-Free Loans

The cluster centers on skepticism about lending money without interest or at very low/negative rates, questioning why lenders would offer such deals and comparing them to predatory lending or high-interest alternatives like payday loans.

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romski Apr 14, 2019 View on HN

Why would anyone lend money without interest?

admax88q Sep 2, 2020 View on HN

Without interest, why would anybody lend?

prestigious May 19, 2021 View on HN

Borrow lots of money at low interest rates?

vehementi Mar 13, 2016 View on HN

Why can't they take out loans for that purpose? Seems like free money for a bank

gtirloni Jul 11, 2023 View on HN

What's the interest they are paying to borrow this money?

leetcrew Feb 26, 2018 View on HN

they're more like an energy loan, and you better believe there's interest.

ZeroGravitas May 6, 2023 View on HN

People will loan it and be paid back, with interest.

chasd00 Oct 29, 2019 View on HN

an unsecured loan at a low interest rate doesn't make sense.

opportune Aug 14, 2019 View on HN

Good luck getting a negative interest rate loan as a poor person

maxxxxx Oct 19, 2018 View on HN

In the US they take more than you have in the bank and give you a nice loan :-)