Lenders will tell you that the riskiest loan is the unsecured personal loan. Why? Because if the borrower defaults on the loan, the lender has nothing to sell to recoup all or part of the money they lent. Since personal loans are inherently risky, personal loans to individuals with bad credit are the riskiest loan available.
Everyone has emergencies, even good people with bad credit. Recently, credit unions and some banks and savings and loan...