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Relatively new...and usually small...but rapidly growing...consumer payroll loans...are subtracted directly from emplyment checks...and seen by banks as a new source of profit.
While low risk in themselves...they could cause defaults in other types of debt.
In 12 months ending September...in Brasil...payroll loans increased by 16.5%...to $88 billion...while Mexico saw a 34% increase...to $9 billion.
The interest rate charged in Brasil is 20%...lower than most credit cards.
In Mexico...the interest rate charged is higher... at around 35%.
Banks see it as an easy...and safe way...to get under served new customers.
