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Review of the Tesco Bank, Loan:

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Bait and switch

Tesco Bank appears to be abusing the 51% rule on representative rates. I applied for a personal loan at 4.9% APR. I used the Money saving expert eligibility calculator and this said I had a 95% chance of approval. My Experian credit rating is 999. I have a tiny mortgage (10s of k), a single credit card with a lowish limit and zero balance, zero adverse credit events, and I earn over £100k. I got accepted but offered double the advertised interest rate. Immediately went to the Post Office and got accepted straight away at the advertised rate (5% APR) - so clearly nothing wrong with my creditworthiness. This gives the impression that Tesco are using an attractive headline rate to bait people into applying (hard credit search) only to then bump the rate up for no reason. This is sharp practice. Take your business elsewhere. Reviewed on: 28th March 2023

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